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John Maynard Keynes

John Maynard Keynes was an economist, writer and civil servant. His ideas shaped 20th century economics, and writings such as his magnum opus The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (1936) are still widely cited today.

From the NS archive: A programme for unemployment

4 February 1933: Why building houses would build jobs.

By John Maynard Keynes

From the NS archive: A programme for unemployment

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’’The delegates should assemble in sackcloth and ashes, with humble and contrite hearts’’

In the New Statesman of 24 December 1932, John Maynard Keynes, advised world leaders on the

By John Maynard Keynes

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