John Maynard Keynes

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academic author civil servant economist human macroeconomist

John Maynard Keynes was a British economist whose revolutionary ideas about government intervention in the economy profoundly shaped modern macroeconomics and policies adopted during and after the Great Depression.

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John Maynard Keynes canonical	141
John Keynes	1
John Maynard Keynes, 1st Baron Keynes	1
John Neville Keynes	1
Keynes	1
Lord Keynes	1
Maynard Keynes	1

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Target entity: John Maynard Keynes
Context triple: [Great Depression, hasKeyFigure, John Maynard Keynes]

A. Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell was a British philosopher, logician, and social critic, renowned for his foundational work in analytic philosophy and contributions to logic, mathematics, and political thought.
B. John Nash
John Nash was an American mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in game theory, differential geometry, and partial differential equations, which profoundly influenced economics and the mathematical sciences.
C. Paul A. Volcker
Paul A. Volcker was an influential American economist and former Federal Reserve Chairman renowned for combating high inflation in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
D. Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, and political activist widely regarded as the founder of modern linguistics and a prominent critic of U.S. foreign policy.
E. Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill was the British Prime Minister during World War II, renowned for his leadership, stirring speeches, and steadfast resistance to Nazi Germany.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: John Maynard Keynes
Target entity description: John Maynard Keynes was a British economist whose revolutionary ideas about government intervention in the economy profoundly shaped modern macroeconomics and policies adopted during and after the Great Depression.

A. Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell was a British philosopher, logician, and social critic, renowned for his foundational work in analytic philosophy and contributions to logic, mathematics, and political thought.
B. John Nash
John Nash was an American mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in game theory, differential geometry, and partial differential equations, which profoundly influenced economics and the mathematical sciences.
C. Paul A. Volcker
Paul A. Volcker was an influential American economist and former Federal Reserve Chairman renowned for combating high inflation in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
D. Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, and political activist widely regarded as the founder of modern linguistics and a prominent critic of U.S. foreign policy.
E. Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill was the British Prime Minister during World War II, renowned for his leadership, stirring speeches, and steadfast resistance to Nazi Germany.
F. None of above. chosen

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instanceOf	academic ⓘ author ⓘ civil servant ⓘ economist ⓘ human ⓘ macroeconomist ⓘ
almaMater	University of Cambridge ⓘ linked to: Cambridge University
birthDate	1883-06-05 ⓘ
birthPlace	Cambridge, England ⓘ
causeOfDeath	heart attack ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate	1946-04-21 ⓘ
deathPlace	Tilton, Firle, Sussex, England ⓘ
educatedAt	Eton College ⓘ King's College, Cambridge ⓘ linked to: King’s College, Cambridge
employer	British Treasury ⓘ linked to: HM Treasury University of Cambridge ⓘ linked to: Cambridge University
familyName	Keynes ⓘ linked to: John Maynard Keynes
fieldOfWork	economics ⓘ macroeconomics ⓘ political economy ⓘ probability theory ⓘ
fullName	John Maynard Keynes, 1st Baron Keynes ⓘ linked to: John Maynard Keynes
givenName	John ⓘ
honorificTitle	Baron Keynes of Tilton ⓘ
ideology	liberalism ⓘ social liberalism ⓘ
influenced	Keynesian economic policy ⓘ linked to: Keynesian economics New Keynesian economics ⓘ fiscal policy during recessions ⓘ modern macroeconomics ⓘ post-war economic policy in Western countries ⓘ welfare state development ⓘ
influencedBy	Alfred Marshall ⓘ Arthur Cecil Pigou ⓘ Thomas Robert Malthus ⓘ linked to: Thomas Malthus
knownFor	Keynesian economics ⓘ advocacy of government intervention in the economy ⓘ employment theory ⓘ liquidity preference theory of interest ⓘ the concept of aggregate demand ⓘ the multiplier concept in macroeconomics ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
marriageDate	1925-08-04 ⓘ
memberOf	Bloomsbury Group ⓘ British Liberal Party ⓘ linked to: Liberal Party (UK) King's College, Cambridge ⓘ linked to: King’s College, Cambridge
middleName	Maynard ⓘ
nationality	British ⓘ
notableWork	A Tract on Monetary Reform ⓘ A Treatise on Money ⓘ A Treatise on Probability ⓘ The Economic Consequences of the Peace ⓘ The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money ⓘ
participatedIn	Bretton Woods Conference ⓘ linked to: Bretton Woods system negotiations of the Treaty of Versailles ⓘ
peerage	Baron in the Peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ
positionHeld	Fellow of King's College, Cambridge ⓘ Treasury official, British government ⓘ advisor to the British government ⓘ editor of The Economic Journal ⓘ
proposed	International Clearing Union ⓘ
religion	agnosticism ⓘ
residence	Cambridge, England ⓘ
roleInEvent	chief British negotiator at Bretton Woods Conference ⓘ
sexualOrientation	bisexual ⓘ
spouse	Lydia Lopokova ⓘ
theory	counter-cyclical fiscal policy ⓘ deficit spending during economic downturns ⓘ government management of aggregate demand ⓘ

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