Those came with the development of capitalism in the 19th century. And so began the deep fluctuations of the modern era, the two worst being the Great Depression of the 1930s and the Great Recession ...

In Graham Moore’s The Wealth of Shadows, John Maynard Keynes is a hero for his monetary manipulations. However, in the real ...

Many people are familiar with British economist John Maynard Keynes. His contributions to modern macroeconomics, such as the idea that boom-and-bust cycles should be moderated by government ...

Note: Keynes, perhaps the 20th century most eminent economist, wrote the below in 1936. Its relevance, save for the newspaper beauty contest, was too striking to resist. Yes, algorithms are doing the ...

“The political problem of mankind is to combine three things: economic efficiency, social justice and individual liberty.” ― John Maynard Keynes LiveMint's quote of the day is by John Maynard Keynes, ...

We are in the middle of the capitalistic order reinventing itself. By Sven Beckert A new book by the New Yorker staff writer John Cassidy plumbs more than two centuries’ worth of grievances about our ...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez went on an extended discussion about economics and John Maynard Keynes where she referred to him as “Milton Keynes.” The New York Democrat said that the “famed economist ...

On Monday, I was on Leonard Lopate’s WNYC radio show talking about my recent article on John Maynard Keynes. (The piece is no longer behind a firewall. You can read it here, and listen to the ...

His investing acumen explains why Keynes was skeptical of markets and favored public spending. Keynes famously took a dim view of how well unregulated markets allocate capital. "When the capital ...

On today's Planet Money: As great figures from history go, John Maynard Keynes should consider himself lucky, at least when it comes to his biography. His biographer, Lord Robert Skidelsky, is one of ...

In this week's print edition, we take a look at modern-day followers in John Maynard Keynes's footsteps, who are rethinking how economics is taught at British universities. Here we reproduce The ...