Keynes

American  

[keynz] / keɪnz /

noun

1. John Maynard, 1st Baron, 1883–1946, English economist and writer.

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Keynes British  

/ keɪnz /

noun

1. John Maynard, 1st Baron Keynes. 1883–1946, English economist. In The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (1936) he argued that unemployment was characteristic of an unregulated market economy and therefore to achieve a high level of employment it was necessary for governments to manipulate the overall level of demand through monetary and fiscal policies (including, when appropriate, deficit financing). He helped to found the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank

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Other Word Forms

• Keynesian adjective
• Keynesianism noun

Example Sentences

Winston Churchill, believe it or not, called himself a liberal, as did John Maynard Keynes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Replacement buses will run between Milton Keynes and Bedford where passengers can take a train to London St Pancras.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

After seeking help, she was moved from mental health unit to mental health unit, sometimes many hours from the family she loved in Milton Keynes.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

In one scene she attends a party with John Maynard Keynes, and she interrogates the economist much more avidly than she does the giant blue angel who materializes in Geoffrey’s bedroom.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

In the words of Geoffrey Keynes, it ranks ‘among the most important books ever published in the history of science’.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin