The old saying holds. Owe your banker £1000 and you are at his mercy; owe him £1 million and the position is reversed. - John Maynard Keynes

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The old saying holds. Owe your banker £1000 and you are at his mercy; owe him £1 million and the position is reversed.

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About John Maynard Keynes

John Maynard Keynes, 1st Baron Keynes of Tilton (5 June 1883 – 21 April 1946) was a British economist whose ideas, known as Keynesian economics, had a major impact on modern economic and political theory and on many governments' fiscal policies.

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Alternative Names: Lord Keynes • Baron Keynes of Tilton • John Maynard Keynes, 1st Baron Keynes • Keynes
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