What Impact did the First World War have on the development of Keynes's Ideas? John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) is one of the most prominent figures in the study of the field of Economics. However I do not specifically regard Keynes as strictly an Economist, this is because if you look at his early life, he was greatly influenced by G.E. Moore. From reading Keynes, My Early Beliefs, he found a new religion, in the …showed first 75 words of 2855 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2855 total…this argument does have logic to what Keynes is purposing. Hence his ideas further developed after the War on Money, inflation, and also deflation. He believes that governments should be strong and not allow their Economies to face these situations. He puts the central focus on Money and the psychological forces behind it. Also his ideas on Liberalism developed, in his belief that the state should provide Liberal protection, however controlled fully by the elite's.