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Keynesianism

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In the post-war years, Keynesianism became the label for the mixed economy, for an approach to fiscal policy that entailed fine-tuning the economy, and for the revolution in economic theory that brought macroeconomic analysis to the fore. This article debunks many of the myths that grew up around Keynes’s legacy by examining his attitude to fiscal and monetary policy over the course of his career. By differentiating what Keynes said from what his followers and his critics said after his death, it is possible to understand the broad switch to demand management during the 20th century in a clearer light.

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Backhouse, R.E., Bateman, B.W. (2018). Keynesianism. In: The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95189-5_834

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