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John Maynard Keynes: The Most Influential Figure Of The Twentieth Century

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John Maynard Keynes is one of the most influential figures of the twentieth century yet one who is over looked. He was a political economist of extraordinary optimism and vision who believed that governments have the power to solve some the greatest economic issues. He didn’t believe in communism or in the free market he believed in a middle grown where increased monetary policy actions by the central bank and fiscal policy actions by the government, can actually help stabilize the economy and smooth out the peaks and troughs of which all economies are prone too. Keynes believed what held back countries was corruption, knee jerk policies and short slightness, but if they were the overcome these three ills then we could look forward to an age

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