“If the Treasury were to fill old bottles with bank-notes, bury them at suitable depths in disused coal-mines which are then filled up to the surface with town rubbish, and leave it to private enterprise on well-tried principles of laissez-faire to dig the notes up again (the right to do so being obtained, of course, by tendering for leases of the note-bearing territory), there need be no more unemployment and, with the help of repercussions, the real income of the community, and its capital wealth, would probably become a good deal greater than it actually is.”
Quote by John Maynard Keynes
Work
General Theory Of Employment , Interest And Money
This book delves into the theoretical underpinnings of economic fluctuations, analyzing the relationship between employment levels, interest rates, and the money supply. It is considered a cornerstone of modern macroeconomic theory. more
Author
John Maynard Keynes
John Maynard Keynes, born on June 5, 1883, was a prominent British economist whose work had a profound impact on the field of economics, particularly in the area of macroeconomics. His theories advocating for government intervention to stabilize the economy gained widespread application during the Great Depression of the 1930s. more
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