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Maynard

American  
[mey-nerd] / ˈmeɪ nərd /

noun

  1. a male given name.


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

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

John Maynard Keynes predicted in 1930 that technology would give us 15-hour workweeks by the end of the 20th century.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 28, 2026

Weetman and Maynard deny having anything to do with the fire or the deaths.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026

Quoting John Maynard Keynes, my father used to say about shorting a bubble, “The market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent.”

From Barron's • Dec. 12, 2025

According to his biographer, John Maynard Keynes, He was rather a Judaic Monotheist of the school of Maimonides.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan