Definitions for Keynesian

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Keynesian Keynes·i·an

Spelling: [keyn-zee-uh n]

IPA: /ˈkeɪn zi ən/

Keynesian is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 248 anagrams from letters in Keynesian (aeeiknnsy).

Definitions for Keynesian

noun

1. a person who maintains or supports the theories, doctrines, or policies of Keynes.

adjective

1. of or relating to the economic theories, doctrines, or policies of Keynes or his followers, especially the policy of maintaining high employment and controlling inflation by varying the interest rates, tax rates, and public expenditure.

Origin of Keynesian

First recorded in 1935-40; Keynes + -ian

Examples for Keynesian

And have not Medicare and Medicaid, the later children of the Keynesian New Deal, done the same?

We needed Keynesian policies again, which completely ruined my nice rise-and-fall thesis.

A demand-side cut rests on the Keynesian theory that public consumption spurs economic activity.

At Newsweek he dueled with his economic nemesis, Paul Samuelson, the amanuensis of the Keynesian revolution.

The fact that Keynesian ideas were correct as well as popular simply made my thesis stronger.

Neither the Keynesian view of the 1930s nor the Reaganite view of the 1980s is relevant today.

A particularly intriguing segment of the story deals with how he came to change his opinion on Keynesian economics.

In other words, neither Keynesian stimulus nor expansionary monetary policy are long term solutions.

In the Keynesian model, higher taxes are inherently anti-inflationary because they reduce purchasing power.

But both built up massive deficits, more massive than any Keynesian.