Annotated Table of Contents
- Introductory Materials
- BOOK I: INTRODUCTION {Summary z-19}
- Chapter 1: The General Theory
- Chapter 2: The Postulates of the Classical Economics
- Chapter 2, Section I {Summary: z-4}
- {Notes: z-1, }
- Chapter 2, Section II {Summary: z-5}
- Chapter 2, Section III {Summary: z-8}
- Chapter 2, Section IV {Summary: z-9}
- Chapter 2, Section V {Summary: z-10}
- Chapter 2, Section VI {Summary: z-11}
- Chapter 2, Section VII {Summary: z-12}
- Chapter 2, Section I {Summary: z-4}
- Chapter 3: The Principle of Effective Demand
- Chapter 3, Section I {Summary: z-15}
- Chapter 3, Section II {Summary: z-16}
- Notes: z-17
- Chapter 3, Section III {Summary: z-18}
- BOOK II: DEFINITIONS AND IDEAS
- BOOK III: THE PROPENSITY TO CONSUME
- Chapter 8: The Propensity to Consume I: The Objective Factors {Summary: z-34}
- Chapter 8, Section I {Summary: z-29}
- Chapter 8, Section II {Summary: z-31}
- Chapter 8, Section III {Summary: z-32}
- Chapter 8, Section IV {Summary: z-33}
- Chapter 9: The Propensity to Consume II: The Subjective Factors {Summary: z-37}
- Chapter 9, Section I {Summary: z-35}
- Chapter 9, Section II {Summary: z-36}
- Chapter 10: The Marginal Propensity to Consume and The Multiplyer
- Chapter 8: The Propensity to Consume I: The Objective Factors {Summary: z-34}
- BOOK IV: THE INDUCEMENT TO INVEST
- Chapter 11: The Marginal Efficiency of Capital
- Chapter 12: The State of Long-Term Expectation {Summary: z-48}
- Chapter 12, Section I {Summary: z-40}
- Chapter 12, Section II {Summary: z-41}
- Chapter 12, Section III {Summary: z-42}
- Chapter 12, Section IV {Summary: z-44}
- Chapter 12, Section V {Summary: z-45}
- Chapter 12, Section VI {Summary: z-46}
- Chapter 12, Section VII {Summary: z-47}
- Chapter 12, Section VIII
- Chapter 13: The General Theory of the Rate of Interest {Summary: z-55}
- Chapter 13, Section I {Summary: z-50}
- Chapter 13, Section II {Summary: z-51}
- Chapter 13, Section III {Summary: z-52}
- Chapter 13, Section IV {Summary: z-53}
- Chapter 13, Section V {Summary: z-54}
- Chapter 14: The Classical Theory of the Rate of Interest
- Chapter 14a: Appendix on the Rate of Interest in Marshall’s Principles of Economics, Ricardo’s Principles of Political Economy and Elsewhere {Summary: z-56}
- Chapter 15: The Psychological and Business Incentives to Liquidity
- Chapter 15, Section I {Summary: z-57}
- Chapter 15, Section II {Summary: z-58}
- Chapter 15, Section III {Summary: z-59}
- Chapter 15, Section IV {Summary: z-60}
- Chapter 16: Sundry Observations on the Nature of Capital
- Chapter 16, Section I {Summary: z-61}
- Chapter 16, Section II {Summary: z-63}
- Chapter 16, Section III {Summary: z-64}
- Chapter 16, Section IV {Summary: z-65}
- Chapter 17: The Essential Properties of Interest and Money
- Chapter 17, Section I {Summary: z-66}
- Chapter 17, Section II {Summary: z-67}
- Chapter 17, Section III {Summary: z-68}
- Chapter 17, Section IV {Summary: z-69}
- Chapter 17, Section V {Summary: z-70}
- Chapter 17, Section VI
- Chapter 18: The General Theory of Employment Re-Stated
- Chapter 18, Section I {Summary: z-71}
- Chapter 18, Section II {Summary: z-72}
- Chapter 18, Section III {Summary: z-74}
- BOOK V: MONEY WAGES AND PRICES
- Chapter 19: Changes in Money-Wages
- Chapter 19a: Appendix on Prof. Pigou’s Theory of Unemployment
- Chapter 20: The Employment Function
- Chapter 21: The Theory of Prices
- Chapter 21, Section I {Summary: z-78}
- Chapter 21, Section II {Summary: z-79}
- Chapter 21, Section III {Summary: z-80}
- Chapter 21, Section IV
- Chapter 21, Section V
- Chapter 21, Section VI
- Chapter 21, Section VII
- BOOK VI: SHORT NOTES SUGGESTED BY THE GENERAL THEORY
- Chapter 22: Notes on the Trade Cycle
- Chapter 23: Notes on Mercantilism, the Usury Laws, Stamped Money and Theories of Under-Consumption
- Chapter 24: Concluding Notes on the Social Philosophy Towards Which The General Theory Might Lead
- Appendix I: Printing Errors in the First Edition
- Appendix 2: Fluctuations in Net Investment in the United States (1936)
- Appendix 3: Relative Movements of Real Wages and Output
Full List of Notes
File | Date | Title |
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z-1 | August 16, 2024 | - |
z-2 | August 16, 2024 | - |
z-3 | August 16, 2024 | - |
z-4 | August 17, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book I Chapter 2 Section I |
z-5 | August 17, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book I Chapter 2 Section II |
z-6 | August 17, 2024 | - |
z-7 | August 17, 2024 | - |
z-8 | August 17, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book I Chapter 2 Section III |
z-9 | August 17, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book I Chapter 2 Section IV |
z-10 | August 17, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book I Chapter 2 Section V |
z-11 | August 17, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book I Chapter 2 Section VI |
z-12 | August 18, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book I Chapter 2 Section VII |
z-13 | August 18, 2024 | - |
z-14 | August 18, 2024 | - |
z-15 | August 18, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book I Chapter 3 Section I |
z-16 | August 18, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book I Chapter 3 Section II |
z-17 | August 19, 2024 | - |
z-18 | August 19, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book I Chapter 3 Section III |
z-19 | August 19, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book I |
z-20 | August 20, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book II Chapter 4 |
z-21 | August 20, 2024 | - |
z-22 | August 20, 2024 | - |
z-23 | August 20, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book II Chapter 5 |
z-24 | August 21, 2024 | - |
z-25 | August 21, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book II Chapter 6 |
z-25a | August 21, 2024 | - |
z-26 | August 21, 2024 | - |
z-26a | August 21, 2024 | - |
z-27 | August 21, 2024 | - |
z-28 | August 21, 2024 | - |
z-29 | August 26, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book II Chapter 8 Section I |
z-30 | August 26, 2024 | - |
z-31 | August 26, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book III Chapter 8 Section II |
z-32 | August 26, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book III Chapter 8 Section III |
z-33 | August 26, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book III Chapter 8 Section IV |
z-34 | August 27, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book III Chapter 8 |
z-35 | August 27, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book III Chapter 9 Section I |
z-36 | August 27, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book III Chapter 9 Section II |
z-37 | August 27, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book III Chapter 9 |
z-38 | August 28, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 11 Section II |
z-39 | August 28, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 11 Section IV |
z-40 | August 30, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 12 Section I |
z-41 | August 30, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 12 Section II |
z-42 | August 30, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 12 Section III |
z-43 | August 30, 2024 | - |
z-44 | August 30, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 12 Section IV |
z-45 | August 30, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 12 Section V |
z-46 | August 30, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 12 Section VI |
z-47 | August 30, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 12 Section VII |
z-48 | September 01, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 12 |
z-49 | September 02, 2024 | - |
z-50 | September 02, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 13 Section I |
z-51 | September 04, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 13 Section II |
z-52 | September 04, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 13 Section III |
z-53 | September 04, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 13 Section IV |
z-54 | September 04, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 13 Section V |
z-55 | September 04, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 13 |
z-56 | September 08, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 14A |
z-57 | September 08, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 15 Section I |
z-58 | September 09, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 15 Section II |
z-59 | September 09, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 15 Section III |
z-60 | September 11, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 15 Section IV |
z-61 | September 11, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 16 Section I |
z-62 | September 11, 2024 | - |
z-63 | September 11, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 16 Section II |
z-64 | September 11, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 16 Section III |
z-65 | September 11, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 16 Section IV |
z-66 | September 12, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 17 Section I |
z-67 | September 24, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 17 Section II |
z-68 | September 29, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 17 Section III |
z-69 | October 02, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 17 Section IV |
z-70 | October 02, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 17 Section V |
z-71 | October 04, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 18 Section I |
z-72 | October 06, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 18 Section II |
z-73 | October 06, 2024 | - |
z-74 | October 06, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book IV Chapter 18 Section III |
z-75 | October 08, 2024 | - |
z-76 | October 11, 2024 | - |
z-77 | October 11, 2024 | - |
z-78 | October 12, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book V Chapter 20 Section I |
z-79 | October 12, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book V Chapter 21 Section II |
z-80 | October 12, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book V Chapter 20 Section III |
z-81 | October 13, 2024 | - |
z-82 | October 14, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book V Chapter 22 Section I |
z-83 | October 14, 2024 | Summary of General Theory Book V Chapter 22 Section II |
z-84 | October 14, 2024 | - |
z-85 | October 17, 2024 | Summary 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)
- Key references
(Current Investment)
- Entrepreneur’s current investment in capital equipment
- Key references
Supply Price
- Key references:
- Ch 21.4 ^e7a3d7
(User Cost)
(Factor Cost)
Prime Cost
- Key references:
- Ch 21.4 ^332d49
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:
- Ch 23.7 ^f3e6b0
Inducement to Invest
(Volume of Employment)
- Number of people employed during a given period of production.
- Key references:
Employment Function
- Definition: ^71a77f
(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:
- Ch 3.1 ^fbe1e8
(Income)
(Interest Rate)
- Key references
(Income-Velocity of Money)
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:
- ? Ch 17.3 ^c78b93
Liquidity Preference
Schedule of Liquidity Preference
- Key references:
- Ch 13.2 ^250b84
Transaction-motive
Income-motive
- Definition: Ch 15.1 ^c24e5c
Business-motive
- Definition: Ch 15.1 ^c2c572
Precautionary-motive
- Definition: Ch 15.1 ^f8e74d
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:
- Ch 15.3 ^1e9346
(Amount of cash held)
(Cash for transactions-motive and precautionary-motive)
(Cash for speculative-motive)
Money
(Quantity of Output)
- Definition: Ch 15.4 ^f5daed
(Quantity of Output)
- Definition: Ch 15.4 ^f5daed
Elasticity of Production
Elasticity of Substitution
Wage-unit
- Key references:
- Ch 17.3 ^782063
The Multiplier
- Key references:
- Ch 18.3 ^46a960
Equations
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(Prime Cost)
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(Aggregate Demand Function)
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(Aggregate Supply Function)
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(Income of Entrepreneur)
- Proceeds minus User Cost
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Net Income of Entrepreneur:
- Proceeds minus User Cost, minus Supplementary Cost
- References
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Aggregate amount of money saved?:
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Maximum potential net value of capital equipment:
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Transactions- and Precautionary-Motive Liquidity Function of Income:
Selected Passages
Unsorted
Good Quotes
- Ch 23.4 ^041026
Antisocial Consequences of Status Quo
Against Idle Wealth
Purpose of General Theory
- Ch 8.1 ^a59a42
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- Ch 18.1 ^5e45fb
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- Ch 21.3 ^e12f50
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- Ch 23.2 ^7062a0
- Ch 23.3 ^8795dc
- Ch 23.6 ^caec81
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- Ch 24.3 ^b9e8dd
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- Ch 24.3 ^f16fa7
Classical Theory vs General Theory
- Ch 7.5 ^5e54ac
- Ch 14.1 ^27a5ce
- Ch 14.1 ^c927b3
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- Ch 14.1 ^c65fc2
- Ch 14.1 ^d689bf
- Ch 19.2 ^54cf1c
- Ch 20.1 ^423a9f
- Ch 21.5 ^7a4104
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- Ch 23.2 ^7062a0
- Ch 23.3 ^8795dc
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- Ch 23.4 ^96fb44
- Ch 23.5 ^cc709b
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- Ch 24.3 ^b9e8dd
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- Ch 24.3 ^f16fa7
- Ch 24.4 ^6a279c
Mercantilism vs Classical Theory
General Theory vs Marxism
Spontaneous Human Behavior
- Ch 12.7 ^de4627
Stationary vs Shifting Equilibrium
Redistribution of Income
- Ch 22.3 ^75be71
Postcapitalism
- Ch 24.2 ^8c090e
Regulating Trade Cycles
Role of Progressive/Activist State
Optimizing Employment Volume
Limitations of Laissez-Faire
- Ch 19.2 ^54cf1c
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.