POLITICAL THEORY - John Maynard Keynes

John Maynard Keynes was arguably the greatest economist of the 20th century. He discovered the idea that governments should stimulate demand during economic downturns – and was the creator of both the IMF and the World Bank. His ideas continue to underpin a lot of the modern economic system. Enjoying our Youtube videos? Get full access to all our audio content, videos, and thousands of thought-provoking articles, conversation cards and more with The School of Life Subscription: https://t.ly/JrTBb Be more mindful, present and inspired. Get the best of The School of Life delivered straight to your inbox: https://t.ly/-vpFH FURTHER READING You can read more on this and other subjects here: https://goo.gl/4vY9Wo MORE SCHOOL OF LIFE Watch more films on POLITICAL THEORY in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLpoliticaltheory SOCIAL MEDIA Feel free to follow us at the links below: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon/ X: https://twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon/ CREDITS Produced in collaboration with: Mike Booth https://www.youtube.com/somegreybloke Dr Chris Grocott http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/management/people/chris-grocott https://leicester.academia.edu/ChrisGrocott #TheSchoolOfLife Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices