British economist John Maynard Keynes developed revolutionary economic concepts during the first half of the 20th century. In response to the Great Depression, Keynes introduced the idea that governments could intervene through monetary policy to mitigate the adverse effects of recessions, depressions, and inflation. So profound was this idea that an entire branch of macroeconomics called "Keynesian Economics" developed through the twentieth century.

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