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Explores the relevance of Keynes' theory 80 years since initial publication

Paul Krugman's Foreword and Robert Skidelsky's Afterword re-evaluate Keynes' revolution in economic thought and bring this text to a new generation of students

Preface by John Maynard Keynes.- Preface to the German Edition. -Preface to the Japanese Edition. -Preface to the French Edition.- Introduction by Paul Krugman.- Book I Introduction.- 1 The General Theory.- 2 The Postulates of the Classical Eco.- 3 The Principle of Effective Demand.- Book II Definitions and Ideas.- 4 The Choice of Units. - 5 Expectation as Determining Output and Employment.- 6 The Definition of Income, Saving and Investment.- 7 The Meaning of Saving and Investment Further Considered.- Book III The Propensity to Consume.- 8 The Propensity to Consume: I. The Objective Factors.- 9 The Propensity to Consume: II. The Subjective Factors.- 10 The Marginal Propensity to Consume and the Multiplier.- Book IV The Inducement to Invest.- 11 The Marginal Efficiency of Capital.- 12 The State of Long-Term Expectation.- 13 The General Theory of the Rate of Interest.- 14 The Classical Theory of the Rate of Interest.- 15 The Psychological and Business Incentives to Liquidity.- 16 Sundry Observations on the Nature of Capital.- 17 The Essential Properties of Interest and Money.- 18 The General Theory of Employment Re-Stated.- Book V Money-wages and Prices.- 19 Changes in Money-wages.- 20 The Employment Function.- 21 The Theory of Prices.- Book VI Short Notes Suggested by the General Theory.- 22 Notes on the Trade Cycle.- 23 Notes on Mercantilism, The Usury Laws, Stamped Money and Theories Of Under-Consumption.- 24 Concluding Notes on the Social Philosophy Towards which the General Theory Might Lead.- Afterword by Robert Skidelsky.