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r-JK-GT-1August 16, 2024-
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r-JK-GT-4August 17, 2024Summary of General Theory Book I Chapter 2 Section I
r-JK-GT-5August 17, 2024Summary of General Theory Book I Chapter 2 Section II
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r-JK-GT-7August 17, 2024-
r-JK-GT-8August 17, 2024Summary of General Theory Book I Chapter 2 Section III
r-JK-GT-9August 17, 2024Summary of General Theory Book I Chapter 2 Section IV
r-JK-GT-10August 17, 2024Summary of General Theory Book I Chapter 2 Section V
r-JK-GT-11August 17, 2024Summary of General Theory Book I Chapter 2 Section VI
r-JK-GT-12August 18, 2024Summary of General Theory Book I Chapter 2 Section VII
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r-JK-GT-15August 18, 2024Summary of General Theory Book I Chapter 3 Section I
r-JK-GT-16August 18, 2024Summary of General Theory Book I Chapter 3 Section II
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r-JK-GT-18August 19, 2024Summary of General Theory Book I Chapter 3 Section III
r-JK-GT-19August 19, 2024Summary of General Theory Book I
r-JK-GT-20August 20, 2024Summary of General Theory Book II Chapter 4
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r-JK-GT-23August 20, 2024Summary of General Theory Book II Chapter 5
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r-JK-GT-25August 21, 2024Summary of General Theory Book II Chapter 6
r-JK-GT-25.1August 21, 2024-
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r-JK-GT-26.1August 21, 2024-
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r-JK-GT-29August 26, 2024Summary of General Theory Book II Chapter 8 Section I
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r-JK-GT-31August 26, 2024Summary of General Theory Book III Chapter 8 Section II
r-JK-GT-32August 26, 2024Summary of General Theory Book III Chapter 8 Section III
r-JK-GT-33August 26, 2024Summary of General Theory Book III Chapter 8 Section IV
r-JK-GT-34August 27, 2024Summary of General Theory Book III Chapter 8
r-JK-GT-35August 27, 2024Summary of General Theory Book III Chapter 9 Section I
r-JK-GT-36August 27, 2024Summary of General Theory Book III Chapter 9 Section II
r-JK-GT-37August 27, 2024Summary of General Theory Book III Chapter 9
r-JK-GT-38August 28, 2024Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 11 Section II
r-JK-GT-39August 28, 2024Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 11 Section IV
r-JK-GT-40August 30, 2024Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 12 Section I
r-JK-GT-41August 30, 2024Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 12 Section II
r-JK-GT-42August 30, 2024Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 12 Section III
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r-JK-GT-44August 30, 2024Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 12 Section IV
r-JK-GT-45August 30, 2024Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 12 Section V
r-JK-GT-46August 30, 2024Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 12 Section VI
r-JK-GT-47August 30, 2024Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 12 Section VII
r-JK-GT-48September 01, 2024Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 12
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r-JK-GT-50September 02, 2024Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 13 Section I
r-JK-GT-51September 04, 2024Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 13 Section II
r-JK-GT-52September 04, 2024Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 13 Section III
r-JK-GT-53September 04, 2024Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 13 Section IV
r-JK-GT-54September 04, 2024Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 13 Section V
r-JK-GT-55September 04, 2024Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 13
r-JK-GT-56September 08, 2024Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 14A
r-JK-GT-57September 08, 2024Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 15 Section I
r-JK-GT-58September 09, 2024Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 15 Section II
r-JK-GT-59September 09, 2024Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 15 Section III
r-JK-GT-60September 11, 2024Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 15 Section IV
r-JK-GT-61September 11, 2024Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 16 Section I
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r-JK-GT-63September 11, 2024Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 16 Section II
r-JK-GT-64September 11, 2024Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 16 Section III
r-JK-GT-65September 11, 2024Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 16 Section IV
r-JK-GT-66September 12, 2024Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 17 Section I
r-JK-GT-67September 24, 2024Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 17 Section II
r-JK-GT-68September 29, 2024Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 17 Section III
r-JK-GT-69October 02, 2024Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 17 Section IV
r-JK-GT-70October 02, 2024Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 17 Section V
r-JK-GT-71October 04, 2024Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 18 Section I
r-JK-GT-72October 06, 2024Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 18 Section II
r-JK-GT-73October 06, 2024-
r-JK-GT-74October 06, 2024Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 18 Section III
r-JK-GT-75October 08, 2024-
r-JK-GT-76October 11, 2024-
r-JK-GT-77October 11, 2024-
r-JK-GT-78October 12, 2024Summary of General Theory Book V Chapter 20 Section I
r-JK-GT-79October 12, 2024Summary of General Theory Book V Chapter 21 Section II
r-JK-GT-80October 12, 2024Summary of General Theory Book V Chapter 20 Section III
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r-JK-GT-82October 14, 2024Summary of General Theory Book V Chapter 22 Section I
r-JK-GT-83October 14, 2024Summary of General Theory Book V Chapter 22 Section II
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r-JK-GT-85October 17, 2024Summary of General Theory Book V Chapter 23 Section VII

Factors

(Proceeds)

  • Proceeds received by entrepreneur for finished output, for given period.

(Cost of acquired output)

  • Sum paid by entrepreneur, during given period, for finished output of other entrepreneur(s).

(Value of capital equipment)

  • Value of accrued capital equipment of entrepreneur, at the end of a given period, over all previous periods.
  • References

(Maximum potential value of capital equipment)

  • Optimum value of capital equipment, given proper maintenance, at the end of a given period, over all previous periods

(Optimally efficient maintenance cost)

  • Optimum cost of maintaining capital equipment, for a given period.
  • (Maximum potential net value of capital equipment)
    • Maximum potential value of capital equipment, if maintained and unused in given period of production
  • Key references

(Wages Bill)

(Current Investment)

  • Entrepreneur’s current investment in capital equipment
  • Key references

Supply Price

(User Cost)

(Factor Cost)

Prime Cost

Cost-Unit

(Supplementary Cost)

  • Definition: excess of expected depreciation of capital equipment beyond User Cost.
  • Basic Supplementary Cost: Initial calculation of Supplementary Cost at the start of a given period of production.
  • Current Supplementary Cost: Revised calculation of Supplementary Cost, up to date.
  • References

(Expected Proceeds from Demand)

  • Entrepreneur’s expected proceeds purchasers (consumers and investors).
  • (Propensity to Consume)
  • The amount which the community is expected to spend on consumption.
  • (Propensity to Save?)
  • The amount which the community is expected to devote to new investment.

(Aggregate Supply Price)

Effective Demand

χ (Propensity to Consume)

  • Definition: “the functional relationship between a given level of income in terms of wage-units, and the expenditure on consumption out of that level of income, so that or ” (^6c01ff)
  • Key References:
Marginal Propensity to Consume
  • Definition: The rate of change of consumption with respect to income (see: ^e7b719).
  • Key references:

Inducement to Invest

(Volume of Employment)

Employment Function

(Aggregate Demand Function)

  • Function relating employment volume () to entrepreneur’s expected proceeds ().
  • (Aggregate Demand Function)
  • Key references:

(Aggregate Supply Function)

  • Function relating employment volume () to aggregate supply price ().
  • (Aggregate Supply Function)
  • Key references:

(Income)

(Interest Rate)

(Income-Velocity of Money)

  • Key references:

Saving

k (Investment Multiplier)

  • Definition: The multiplier by which an increment of aggregate investment will increase income (see ^a37f72)
  • Key references:

Marginal Efficiency of Capital

  • Definition: The relation between the prospective yield of a capital asset and its supply price. In other words, its rate of return above its cost (see: ^6e5f59)
  • Key references:

Schedule of the Marginal Efficiency of Capital (or rate of investment?)

  • Key references:

Liquidity Preference

Schedule of Liquidity Preference

Transaction-motive

Income-motive
Business-motive

Precautionary-motive

Speculative-motive

(Liquidity function of income)

  • The function that relates income (), as an input, to as an output

(Liquidity function of interest rate)

  • The function that relates interest rate (), as an input, to as an output
  • Key references:

(Amount of cash held)

  • Key references:

(Cash for transactions-motive and precautionary-motive)

(Cash for speculative-motive)

Money

(Quantity of Output)

(Quantity of Output)

Elasticity of Production

Elasticity of Substitution

Wage-unit

The Multiplier


Equations

  • (Prime Cost)

  • (Aggregate Demand Function)

  • (Aggregate Supply Function)

  • (Income of Entrepreneur)

    • Proceeds minus User Cost
  • Net Income of Entrepreneur:

    • Proceeds minus User Cost, minus Supplementary Cost
    • References
  • Aggregate amount of money saved?:

  • Maximum potential net value of capital equipment:

  • Transactions- and Precautionary-Motive Liquidity Function of Income:


Selected Passages

Unsorted

Good Quotes

Antisocial Consequences of Status Quo

Against Idle Wealth

Purpose of General Theory

Classical Theory vs General Theory

Mercantilism vs Classical Theory

General Theory vs Marxism

Spontaneous Human Behavior

Stationary vs Shifting Equilibrium

Redistribution of Income

Postcapitalism

Regulating Trade Cycles

Role of Progressive/Activist State

Optimizing Employment Volume

Limitations of Laissez-Faire


Secondary Materials

10/16/24 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bABObsWIEy8


Handwritten Notes

A scanned copy of handwritten notes on The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money by John Maynard Keynes.