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Keynes, Einstein, and Scientific Revolution
Author(s)Galbraith, James K.
AbstractThere are striking analogies between the features of John Maynard Keynes’ economic theories, those of Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity and Isaac Newton’s space-time dichotomy. These analogies show that Keynes patterned his economic principles after Einstein’s relativity theory which states that space and time are interrelated. Keynesian classical economic principles exhibit reductionism which is inherent in the theories of both Einstein and Newton.
IssueNo16
Pages62-67
ArticleAccess to Article
SourceAmerican Prospect
VolumeNo5
PubDateWinter1994
ISBN_ISSN1049-7285
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