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Definition of "keynesianism" []

  • The macroeconomic theories and politico-economic policies of British economist John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) and his followers; -- used especially in reference to their advocacy of governmental action to maintain low unemployment through government spending. See Keynes. (adjective)

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Use "keynesianism" in a sentence
  • "So, if you mean that (neo -) keynesianism is over and we have a bunch of Taliban left over, that's true, but if you mean that macroeconomics or econometrics is passe, new classicals (e.g.: Sargent, Prescott, Lucas) and new keynesians (e.g. Mankiw) will certainly disagree."
  • "There are plenty of non-private sector economists that have been very critical of all this senseless neo-keynesianism."
  • "Topics to be embraced within the LRHQ range from global warming to keynesianism, and from trilateralism to godless bolshevism, and the more irrelevant the issue to which you can attach the LRHQ, the less of it there will be left for the public to give credit any real, actually existing conspiracies."
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