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

The seller, from Milton Keynes, was contacted for comment but did not respond.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

On 23 April 2025 he was sentenced by Milton Keynes magistrates to a youth rehabilitation order with intensive supervision and surveillance, ending on 22 October 2025.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

A fire that broke out at an LGBT+ nightclub in Milton Keynes was believed to have started accidentally, police said.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

Keynes set out to turn economics theory on its head, Smith to explore the classical ideas that the modernists were tossing aside.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 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