JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES 1883 1946 ECONOMIST AND WRITER KEYNES JOHN MAYNARD 1883 1946 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WORLD WAR I WORLD WAR II NEW DEAL EMPLOYMENT ECONOMY AND LABOR JOHN KEYNES JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES WAS BORN IN CAMBRIDGE ENGLAND AND STUDIED AT CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY FROM 1915 TO 1919 KEYNES WAS ON STAFF AT THE BRITISH TREASURY HE WAS ITS PRINCIPAL REPRESENTATIVE AT THE PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE IN 1919 THAT SAME YEAR KEYNES PUBLISHED THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF PEACE IN WHICH HE ARGUED AGAINST IMPOSING HUGE FINANCIAL PENALTIES ON GERMANY AFTER WORLD WAR I BETWEEN WORLD WAR I AND WORLD WAR II KEYNES WORKED AS A FINANCIAL ADVISER IN LONDON AND TAUGHT AT CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HIS VIEWS ON A PLANNED ECONOMY INFLUENCED PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT'S NEW DEAL ADMINISTRATION DURING WORLD WAR II KEYNES PLAYED A CENTRAL ROLE IN BRITISH WAR FINANCE IN 1944 HE WAS THE CHIEF BRITISH REPRESENTATIVE AT THE BRETTON WOODS CONFERENCE THAT ESTABLISHED THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND KEYNES IS PROBABLY BEST KNOWN FOR HIS ECONOMIC THEORY THAT RECOVERY FROM A RECESSION IS BEST ACHIEVED BY A GOVERNMENT SPONSORED POLICY OF FULL EMPLOYMENT HE WROTE SEVERAL BOOKS INCLUDING A REVISION OF THE TREATY 1922 THE END OF LAISSEZ FAIRE 1926 A TREATISE ON MONEY 1930 THE GENERAL THEORY OF EMPLOYMENT INTEREST AND MONEY 1935 AND HOW TO PAY FOR THE WAR 1940
