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The general theory of employment, interest and money authorjohn maynard keynes countryunited kingdom languageenglish genrenonfiction publisherpalgrave macmillan publication date 1936 media typeprint paperback pages472 isbn9780230004764 oclc62532514 the general theory of employment, interest and money of 1936 is the last and most important book by the english economist john maynard keynes. Dec 31, 20 buy the general theory of employment, interest, and money by keynes, john maynard isbn. Born and raised in cambridge, england to highly successful, intelligent parents john and florence keynes, he attended eton and kings college, cambridge where he joined the intellectual group called. His father, john neville keynes, is an economics lecturer at cambridge university. His other works included indian currency and finance 19, the economic consequences of the peace 1919, treatise on probability 1921, a tract on monetary reform 1923, a treatise on money 1930, and many scholarly and journalistic articles. After the first world war, keynes attended the paris peace conference of 1919 as a delegate of the british treasury.
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