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He also worked on currency speculation and as an official in the british treasury. Supply and demand sir hubert douglas henderson 198 downloads. The general theory of employment, interest and money. With a wide angle, carter shows how keynes s influential views on economics grew from concerns about war, philosophy and his theories of the good life. He was born into the british empire at its height, at a time when britain was the most economically and militarily powerful state in the world. The book, generally considered to be his magnum opus, is largely credited with creating the terminology and shape of modern macroeconomics. In his 1924 book, a tract on monetary reform, keynes declared that gold. List of books and articles about john maynard keynes online. His most recent book is people, power, and profits.
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