DOYLE, Richard [John Maynard Keynes] [J.M.].
Manners and Customs of ye Englyshe.
London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co. , 1876.
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Richard Doyle's Manners and Customs of ye Englyshe; Inscribed to John Maynard Keynes Mother From the Keynes Family Library
Finely bound edition of this satirical collection of 40 humorous sketches and illustrations that parody mid-19th-century Victorian life, from the collection of British economist John Maynard Keynes. Oblong octavo, bound in full red morocco with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, "Keynes Family Library" stamped in gilt to the front panel, all edges gilt, frontispiece, illustrated with 40 engraved plates. Presentation copy, inscribed in an unknown Keynes family member's hand, "To Dear Mother from Maynard, Margaret, and Geoffrey March 10, 1890." In near fine condition. From the Keynes family library.
John Maynard Keynes was a British economist, whose ideas fundamentally changed the theory of macroeconomics and the economic policies of governments. Originally trained in mathematics, he built on and greatly refined earlier work on the causes of business cycles, and was one of the most influential economists of the 20th century. His ideas are the basis for the school of thought known as Keynesian economics, and its various offshoots. During the Great Depression of the 1930s, Keynes spearheaded a revolution in economic thinking, challenging the ideas of neoclassical economics that held that free markets would, in the short to medium term, automatically provide full employment, as long as workers were flexible in their wage demands. He argued that aggregate demand (total spending in the economy) determined the overall level of economic activity, and that inadequate aggregate demand could lead to prolonged periods of high unemployment. Keynes advocated the use of fiscal and monetary policies to mitigate the adverse effects of economic recessions and depressions. He detailed these ideas in his magnum opus, The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, published in 1936.
Manners and Customs of ye Englyshe.
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