The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old ones.

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Born in Cambridge in 1883, Keynes

Born in Cambridge in 1883, Keynes was the most influential economist of the twentieth century. The General Theory (1936) showed deficient demand causes unemployment, justifying fiscal policy and founding macroeconomics.

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Source: The General Theory of Employment, Interest and MoneyVerified

Born in Cambridge in 1883, Keynes's Other Quotes

Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influences, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist.

When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?

In the long run we are all dead.

The market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent.

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