"Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren"
| Title | "Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren" |
| Year for Search | 1930 |
| Authors | Keynes, John Maynard(1883–1946) |
| Secondary Title | The Nation and Athenaeum (London) |
| Volume / Edition | 48.2 - 3 |
| Pagination | 36-37; 96-98 |
| Date Published | October 11 and 18, 1930 |
| Keywords | English author, Male author |
| Annotation | Essay that argues that within a hundred years the fundamental economic problems could be solved, and a society based on leisure created. Speculates on what such a society would look like. Three-hour workday fifteen hours per week will suffice. |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. in his Essays in Persuasion (London: Macmillan, 1931), 358-73; and in Revisiting Keynes: Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren. Ed. Lorenzo Pecchi and Gustavo Piga (Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2008), 17-26. |
| Info Notes | First given as a talk in 1928 and then expanded and presented in Madrid in June 1930. A non-utopian collection inspired by the essay is Ignacio Palacios-Huerta, ed. In 100 Years: Leading Economists Predict the Future. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2013. |
| Author Note | (1883–1946) |
| Full Text | 1930 Keynes, John Maynard (1883–1946). “Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren.” The Nation and Athenaeum (London) 48.2 - 3 (October 11 - 18, 1930): 36-37, 96-98. Rpt. in his Essays in Persuasion (London: Macmillan, 1931), 358-73; and in Revisiting Keynes: Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren. Ed. Lorenzo Pecchi and Gustavo Piga (Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2008), 17-26. First given as a talk in 1928 and then expanded and presented in Madrid in June 1930. PSt An essay that argues that within a hundred years the fundamental economic problems can be solved, and a society based on leisure created. Speculates very generally on what such a society would look like. Three-hour workday fifteen hours per week will suffice. A non-utopian collection inspired by the essay is Ignacio Palacios-Huerta, ed. In 100 Years: Leading Economists Predict the Future. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2013. |
