John Maynard Keynes

1.What were his early, formative years like?  

He was born in Cambridge, England into a highly intellectual family and was educated in the elite academic British institutions of Eton and Cambridge. Still, he did not wholly dwell on academics and found ample time for literary pursuits and political activities.

2.How did he become the person he became?

 

3.What were his important ideas concerning World War I?   

He was against the conclusions of the Paris Peace Conference (1919) in which Germany was expected to make massive payments to Allied countries as reparations for WWI. His argument was that it would be impossible for Germany to pay the amounts demanded of it. He predicted that the consequences would be very damaging.                                                     

4.What was his influence during the Great Depression?

5.What did he suggest during the years of World War II?

6.What are the "big ideas" for which he is best known?

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