The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money

by

John Maynard Keynes


Table of Contents

    Introduction

  1. THE GENERAL THEORY
  2. THE POSTULATES OF THE CLASSICAL ECONOMICS
  3. THE PRINCIPLE OF EFFECTIVE DEMAND
  4. Definitions and Ideas

  5. THE CHOICE OF UNITS
  6. EXPECTATION AS DETERMINING OUTPUT AND EMPLOYMENT
  7. THE DEFINITION OF INCOME, SAVING AND INVESTMENT
  8. THE MEANING OF SAVING AND INVESTMENT FURTHER CONSIDERED
  9. The Propensity to Consume

  10. THE PROPENSITY TO CONSUME:
    I. THE OBJECTIVE FACTORS
  11. THE PROPENSITY TO CONSUME:
    II. THE SUBJECTIVE FACTORS
  12. THE MARGINAL PROPENSITY TO CONSUME AND THE MULTIPLIER
  13. The Inducement to Invest

  14. THE MARGINAL EFFICIENCY OF CAPITAL
  15. THE STATE OF LONG-TERM EXPECTATION
  16. THE GENERAL THEORY OF THE RATE OF INTEREST
  17. THE CLASSICAL THEORY OF THE RATE OF INTEREST
  18. THE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND BUSINESS INCENTIVES TO LIQUIDITY
  19. SUNDRY OBSERVATIONS ON THE NATURE OF CAPITAL
  20. THE ESSENTIAL PROPERTIES OF INTEREST AND MONEY
  21. THE GENERAL THEORY OF EMPLOYMENT RE-STATED
  22. Money-wages and Prices

  23. CHANGES IN MONEY-WAGES
  24. THE EMPLOYMENT FUNCTION
  25. THE THEORY OF PRICES
  26. Short Notes Suggested by the General Theory

  27. NOTES ON THE TRADE CYCLE
  28. NOTES ON MERCANTILISM, THE USURY LAWS, STAMPED MONEY AND THEORIES OF UNDER-CONSUMPTION
  29. CONCLUDING NOTES ON THE SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY TOWARDS WHICH THE GENERAL THEORY MIGHT LEAD

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