The two most prominent theories of macroeconomics to emerge during the 20 th century are the Keynesian Theory of Money and the Monetarism Theory. Keynesian thought traces back to the early part of the ...

Discover how Keynesian and Neo-Keynesian economics differ in addressing economic growth and stability through fiscal and monetary policies.

John Maynard Keynes was a 20th century British economist who developed a theory about government policy in relation to private sector business. His macroeconomics approach was to use ...

JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES ranks with Adam Smith and Karl Marx among economists in the influence that his views have exerted on the general public. He had the vision to see that economics lacked a general ...

Central banks use macroeconomic models to help frame the issues that they face, to mold their ideas, and to guide them in their decisionmaking. While a wide range of models are available, economists ...

Ann Behan has 10 years-plus of experience researching, writing, and editing articles, white papers, and executing searches at the board level across various industries. Her expertise includes ...

Cambridge Journal of Economics, Vol. 39, No. 1 (January 2015), pp. 93-112 (20 pages) The outbreak of the financial crisis in 2008 witnessed a significant contraction in US consumption spending, as ...

This essay appears in print in Economics After Neoliberalism. “Let’s bring our editorial microscope into focus on a very significant phenomenon,” the video begins. “The middle-income consumer.” ...

The income expenditure model of economics was developed by John Maynard Keynes to explain fluctuations in production of goods and services and spending. The model basically states that we produce as ...

Just how important is money? Few would deny that it plays a key role in the economy.­ During the Great Depression of the 1930s, existing economic theory was unable either to explain the causes of the ...