One of the most influential economists of the 20th century, his ideas are the basis for the school of thought known as Keynesian economic.John Maynard Keynes was an English economist, whose ideas fundamentally changed the theory and practice of macroeconomics and the economic policies of governments. He built on and greatly refined earlier work on the causes of business cycles.He detailed these ideas in his magnum opus, The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money.Contents:THE PHILOSOPHEREthics in Relation to Conduct The Political Doctrines of Edmund Burke The Adding-Up Problem The Principles of Probability A Treatise on Probability My Early Beliefs THE SOCIAL PHILOSOPHERThe Economic Consequences of the Peace A Tract on Monetary Reform The End of Laissez-faire Am I a Liberal? A Short View of Russia Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren National Self-Sufficiency The Arts Council of Great Britain: Its Policy and Hopes THE ECONOMISTThe Economic Consequences of the Peace A Tract on Monetary Reform A Treatise on Money The Great DepressionA Treatise on Money The Great Slump of 1930 An Economic Analysis of Unemployment The Consequences to the Banks of the Collapse of Money Values A Monetary Theory of Production The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money The General Theory of Employment Alternative Theories of the Rate of Interest Methodological Issues: Tinbergen, Harrod THE POLICY-MAKERThe Economic Consequences of the Peace A Plan for a Russian Settlement A Tract on Monetary Reform The Economic Consequences of Mr Churchill Can Lloyd George Do It? Policies for the SlumpThe New DealBritish Foreign Policy How to Avoid a Slump Full Employment PolicyThe Clearing Union Overseas Financial Policy in Stage III The Balance of Payments of the United States THE ESSAYISTThe Council of Four, Paris, Lloyd George: A Fragment Dr Melchior: A Defeated Enemy Alfred Marshall Thomas Robert Malthus Newton the Man

John Maynard Keynes, 1st Baron Keynes, CB, FBA (5 June 1883 21 April 1946) was an English economist, whose ideas fundamentally changed the theory and practice of macroeconomics and the economic policies of governments.