Keynesian

pronunciation

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  • Adjective:
    of or relating to John Maynard Keynes or to his economic theories

Word Origin

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

Example

1. Mr bernanke and his lieutenants are conventionally keynesian .
2. Mr cox confesses to being an old-school keynesian .
3. One era 's deficit hawk is another era 's keynesian .
4. This is a contemporary version of the old keynesian versus monetarist dispute .
5. If you reread krugman 's commentary on his chart , that 's exactly what he himself says the keynesian story means .

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