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Broader Economic Thought
Studying differing arguments in the authors' own words helps sharpen your own judgment. This shelf collects original writings from economists outside our Black economists roster.
This collection is explicitly separate from Black Economists & Reading. John Maynard Keynes was a British economist, not a Black economist. Thomas Sowell remains in the Black economists roster.
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John Maynard Keynes
Keynes (1883–1946) was a British economist. He wrote on war debts, money, inflation, unemployment, and the role of government in economic downturns. The four writings below span 1919 to 1936.
- Free full textBook · HTML · 1919
The Economic Consequences of the Peace
John Maynard Keynes
Keynes's critique of the economic settlement after World War I, including reparations, debt, and Europe's prospects for recovery.
- Original publication:
- 1919
- Linked edition:
- New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920; Project Gutenberg eBook #15776
- Source:
- Project Gutenberg
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- Free full textBook · HTML · 1923
A Tract on Monetary Reform
John Maynard Keynes
An examination of inflation, deflation, exchange rates, and how an unstable value of money affects workers, investors, and businesses.
- Original publication:
- 1923
- Linked edition:
- London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1923; Project Gutenberg eBook #65278
- Source:
- Project Gutenberg
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- Free full-text essayComplete essay · PDF · 1930
Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren
John Maynard Keynes
A short essay considering technological unemployment, rising productivity, and the possibilities of greater leisure. A starting point for thinking about automation and work.
- Original publication:
- 1930
- Linked edition:
- Essay scanned from Essays in Persuasion, New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1963, pp. 358–373
- Source:
- Yale University · Department of Economics
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- Purchase or library accessBook · Publisher listing · 1936
The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money
John Maynard Keynes; collected edition edited by Elizabeth Johnson and Donald Moggridge
Keynes's major work on employment, effective demand, interest, and money. This collected edition supplies editorial context as well as the original work.
- Original publication:
- 1936
- Linked edition:
- The Collected Writings of John Maynard Keynes, Volume 7: The General Theory; print edition 1978, online edition 2012
- Source:
- Cambridge Core · Royal Economic Society
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