Historical studies are enlivened by court intrigues, gossip and warfare. Language studies introduce students to rich literary traditions. The study of science or engineering offers the potential for ...

Last year I said that I felt about a strong dollar like St. Augustine felt about chastity. "Lord, make me chaste, but not just yet." My version was, "Lord, give us a strong dollar, but not just yet." ...

Keynesian economists (of all stripes) want fiscal policy (essentially, government budgets) to increase consumer demand. This thinking has several problems. Keynes argued, however, that money borrowed ...

Eighty years go, on February 4, 1936, one of the most influential books of the last one hundred years was published, British economist, John Maynard Keynes’s The General Theory of Employment, Interest ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Keynesian economics is a macroeconomic theory that advocates for active government intervention to manage economic cycles, particularly during recessions and depressions. Developed by British ...