
Geboren: June 05, 1883 – Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
John Maynard Keynes was a British economist whose work on macroeconomics, uncertainty, and public policy reshaped modern economics. His notable books include The Economic Consequences of the Peace and The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. Keynesian ideas influenced postwar governments worldwide and the design of Bretton Woods institutions.
John Maynard Keynes was born in Cambridge on June 5, 1883, into a distinguished academic family. His father, John Neville Keynes, was an economist and university administrator, and his mother, Florence Ada Keynes, was a prominent civic figure who later became mayor of Cambridge. Educated at Eton and then at King’s College, Cambridge, he showed unusual range from an early age, excelling in mathematics, classics, and philosophy as well as economics. After a brief period at the India Office and early work on probability and Indian finance, he returned to Cambridge, where he became closely connected to the university’s intellectual life and to the Bloomsbury circle.

John Maynard Keynes
Keynes' prophetic economic essays challenge conventional wisdom, offering prescient insights on inflation, unemployment, and international finance.

John Maynard Keynes
Keynes's revolutionary economic treatise challenging classical theory and proposing new ideas on employment, money, and government intervention.

John Maynard Keynes
Keynes' prophetic economic essays challenge conventional wisdom, offering prescient insights on inflation, unemployment, and international finance.

John Maynard Keynes
Keynes's revolutionary economic treatise challenging classical theory and proposing new ideas on employment, money, and government intervention.
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