... we can lick unemployment!" The "economic problem is not, if we look into the future - the permanent problem of the human race" he wrote. Keynes took a totally new view to economics, he was one of the first economist's to argue convincingly that governments should take measures to counter a depression. His ideas helped shift emphasis away from laissez-faire. The economic theory ... economic polices of the government and laid the basis for his great book of 1936. "The General Theory of Employment Interest and Money". This book marked a completely new departure in economics. He explained h...

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