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Eighty Years on from the General Theory - Keynes Returns

Geoff Riley

11th December 2016

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Larry Elliott is on good form in this opinion piece in the Observer. Faced with the upheaval of 2016, what would a cryogenically frozen Keynes do eighty years on from the publication of the General Theory?

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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