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Keynesian

Keynesian \Keynesian\ adj.

  1. Of or pertaining to John Maynard Keynes; conforming to the theories of Keynesianism; -- especially, the term is used to refer to the macroeconomic theories and politico-economic policies proposed by Keynes and his followers, especially in regards to their advocacy of governmental action to maintain low unemployment through government spending. Keynes's book ``The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money'' (Macmillan, 1936) had a strong influence on views of the government's role in the economy through the 1970's. [WordNet sense 1]

  2. A believer in the theories of Keynesianism.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Keynesian

1937 (adj.), 1942 (n.), from name of British economist John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946).

Usage examples of "keynesian".

According to a confidential file which Nim had read, Commissioner Reid was once an ardent believer in Keynesian economics, but had recanted, now accepting that the deficit spending doctrines of John Maynard Keynes had led to economic disaster worldwide.

You deconstructed Keynesian economic theory in eight and a half pages.

Deconstructing modern Keynesian theory is about as difficult as deconstructing a fairy tale.

Finance was the reduced ability of future federal administrations to apply the Keynesian method.

In other words, Chile was pulled from depression by dull old Keynesian remediesall Franklin Roosevelt, zero Margaret Thatcher.

According to traditional Keynesian economic theory, governments should run deficits in bad economic times and balanced budgets or surpluses in good times.

But the Keynesian medicine is forbidden by the rules of the Maastricht Treaty, which is to lead to European economic union and which, for the sake of German confidence, prohibits new deficit spending.

America reached full employment while simultaneously nullifying inflation, making obsolete the renowned Phillips Curve of the Keynesian school of economics, which graphically demonstrated that there was a necessary trade-off between unemployment and inflation, i.