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New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1936. First American edition. Very Good. 23 cm; xii, 403 pages. In original blue cloth, original dust jacket. 2.5 sq.cm chip in dust jacket at head of spine, price clipped, otherwise minor frays, preserved in mylar. Binding and pages effectively pristine. Old bookplate on pastedown. Reference: PMM 423. Keynes's magnum opus, the basis of Keynesian economics, and of Western economic policy through the latter stages of the Great Depression toward the end of the 20th century. A fundamental text.

John Maynard Keynes' groundbreaking work established the framework for contemporary macroeconomic theory. It analyses the causes of fluctuating employment levels and proposes interventions to stabilize the economy.