Book · 2016 · Business & Economics
General Theory Of Employment , Interest And Money
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The single best chapter on behavioral finance was written by John Maynard Keynes in The General Theory, which was written in 1936.
What they say about it
- Highlighting chapter twelve“read chapter 12”2
- Praising the behavioral finance chapter“single best chapter on behavioral finance”2
The best things said about it
If you don't want to read the whole book just read chapter 12.
Tyler Cowen EconTalk · Nov 2023 The General Theory was the hardest thing I'd ever read.
He entitled his famous 1936 book The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money.
His call in The General Theory to nationalize investment, course, those are some pretty bad recommendations, even though he got some things quite right.
I ask them what's the central message of The General Theory.
Tyler Cowen Conversations with Tyler · Dec 2020 Where and when it comes up
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Why people recommend it
John Maynard Keynes's influential 1936 economic treatise reshaped macroeconomic policy and continues to provoke critical debate among modern economists and scholars. Tyler Cowen recommended on EconTalk that readers focus specifically on chapter 12 of the book if they wish to bypass the entire text. Steven Bartlett referenced the famous work on The Diary Of A CEO while analyzing market efficiency, whereas George Selgin offered a sharp critique on Conversations with Tyler regarding Keynes's controversial policy recommendations, such as the nationalization of investment. Jillian Tett discussed Keynes's broader intellectual legacy on The Ezra Klein Show, connecting his post-WWI writings to ongoing economic debates. On Freakonomics Radio, Richard Thaler highlighted a specific chapter in the book as containing the single best historical contribution to behavioral finance. Dwarkesh Patel also touched upon chapter 12 during an interview with Tyler Cowen, and Jeff Holmes noted past efforts to host a dedicated book club centered around Keynesian economic theories.
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Tyler Cowen even kan's general theory if you don't want to read the whole book just read chapter 12 2
“even kan's general theory if you don't want to read the whole book just read chapter 12”
“i have at least 20 different friends who studied the general theory keynes this book from 1936 the big famous one and i ask them what's the central message of the general theory”
Dwarkesh Patel So, chapter twelve, General Theory of Interest, Employment, and Money. 1
“So, chapter twelve, General Theory of Interest, Employment, and Money.”
George Selgin His piece on protectionism, his call in the general theory to nationalize investment, course, those are som… 1
“His piece on protectionism, his call in the general theory to nationalize investment, course, those are some pretty bad recommendations, even though he got some things quite right.”
Jillian Tett and as someone who also spend a lot of time thinking about economic history and is head of King's College i… 1
“and as someone who also spend a lot of time thinking about economic history and is head of King's College in Cambridge which was where John Min kanes was based I'm also haunted by the fact that in 1919 after World War One John man KES wrote a haunting pamphlet called The Economic Consequences of the Peace in which he”
Niall Ferguson So while everybody else was reading Aristotle and uh and Locke, I was reading uh Adam Smith and and then th… 1
“So while everybody else was reading Aristotle and uh and Locke, I was reading uh Adam Smith and and then the General Theory. And the General Theory was the hardest thing I'd ever read.”
Richard Thaler the single best chapter on behavioral Finance was written by John Maynard kees in the general theory which… 1
“the single best chapter on behavioral Finance was written by John Maynard kees in the general theory which was written in 1936”
Robert Shiller so he entitled his famous 1936 book the general theory of employment interest and money first of all that t… 1
“so he entitled his famous 1936 book the general theory of employment interest and money first of all that to say the general theory that that sounds pretentious doesn't it”
Steven Bartlett He's a famous economist of the 1930s and 40s. And he wrote a famous book called The General Theory. 1
“He's a famous economist of the 1930s and 40s. And he wrote a famous book called The General Theory.”
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“The single best chapter on behavioral finance was written by John Maynard Keynes in 'The General Theory,' which was written in 1936.”
“there was a Keynes book club on the general theory and it just stopped halfway through why did it stop”
