John Maynard Keynes

John Maynard Keynes (1883–1946) was an English economist widely regarded as one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century and often called the father of macroeconomics. He studied and was affiliated with King's College, Cambridge, and served as a director of the Bank of England. He is best known for The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (1936), which founded the school of Keynesian economics and argued that governments should use fiscal policy to manage aggregate demand during economic downturns.