Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Robert Kelly is managing director of XTS ...

Robert Kelly is managing director of XTS Energy LLC, and has more than three decades of experience as a business executive. He is a professor of economics and has raised more than $4.5 billion in ...

British economist, John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) wrote his seminal "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" in 1935. This book has been the cornerstone of economic practice for many ...

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 ...

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 ...

Keynesian economics is a theory that government intervention is necessary during downturns. Tax cuts are a tool in Keynesian theory to stimulate economic activity. During recessions, Keynesian ...

Keynes was an influential policy analyst and economist who lived from 1883 to 1946. His seminal work, “The General Theory of Employment Interest and Money,” became a founding force behind modern ...

This little piece referring to the UK caught my eye. It provides the Keynesian argument about why we must reduce taation of the rich: and even, why we must increase the taxation of the poor. I agree, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about international trade policy. Keynesian economics is the perpetual motion machine of the left. You build a model that ...

John Maynard Keynes is an unlikely hero for our time. Keynes, a British economist who died more than 60 years ago, inspired President Barack Obama's plan to save the U.S. economy with a massive round ...

During the great depression of the 1930s, existing economic theory was unable either to explain the causes of the severe worldwide economic collapse or to provide an adequate public policy solution to ...