Keynesian
US/ˈkeɪnziən/
Keynesian adjective: of or pertaining to an economic theory based on the ideas of John Maynard Keynes, as put forward in his book The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, published in 1936 in response to the Great Depression of the 1930s, and extensively extended by a large body of followers before and after his death in 1946.
Adjective
Keynesian (comparative more Keynesian, superlative most Keynesian)
- Of or pertaining to an economic theory based on the ideas of John Maynard Keynes, as put forward in his book The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, published in 1936 in response to the Great Depression of the 1930s, and extensively extended by a large body of followers before and after his death in 1946.
- That’s why supply and demand get out of balance in a slump, according to the so-called New Keynesian model that Fed officials and other policy makers lean on.2020 May 27, Matthew Boesler, Reade Pickert, “Salaries Get Chopped for Many Americans Who Manage to Keep Jobs”, in Bloomberg News
- Long story short, they settled on a plan to challenge the Keynesian orthodoxy of the time: that governments existed to do things for people, that markets left entirely to their own devices tended to eat the poor, and that the occasional judicious application of public money to shared problems was...2026 June 3, John Birmingham, “Neoliberalism ate the world. Enter: Pauline Hanson”, in Crikey
Noun
Keynesian (plural Keynesians)
- A proponent of Keynesian economic doctrine.
- We Are All Keynesians Now [title]1965 December 31, Milton Friedman, “We Are All Keynesians Now”, in Time, archived from the original on 11 Feb 2007
- If I'd believed in all their policies, [...] I would've been a Keynesian and a Friedmanite, a grammar school preserver and destroyer, a nationalisation freak and a privatisation maniac; but above all, I would have been a stark-staring raving schizophrenic! (laugh track).1980 March 3, Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn, “The Whisky Priest”, in Yes, Minister, season 3, episode 20, spoken by Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne)
Keynesian meaning in Arabic
Keynesian in Arabic
- pertaining to an economic theory based on the ideas of Keynes
- كِنْزِيٌّ
Forms of Keynesian
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more Keynesian |
| superlative | most Keynesian |
| Noun | |
| plural | Keynesians |
Origin of Keynesian
From Keynes + -ian.
Words formed from Keynesian
- Keynesian beauty contest
- Keynesian cross
- Keynesian multiplier
- Keynesian unemployment
- neo-Keynesian
- post-Keynesian
- pre-Keynesian
Phrases with Keynesian
Questions about Keynesian
- What does Keynesian mean?
- Keynesian means of or pertaining to an economic theory based on the ideas of John Maynard Keynes, as put forward in his book The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, published in 1936 in response to the Great Depression of the 1930s, and extensively extended by a large body of followers before and after his death in 1946.
- What is Keynesian in Arabic?
- Keynesian in Arabic is كِنْزِيٌّ. See Keynesian meaning in Arabic.
- What part of speech is Keynesian?
- Keynesian can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce Keynesian?
- Keynesian is pronounced /ˈkeɪnziən/ (US).
Words near Keynesian in the dictionary
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