Classical Theory of Employment
Classical Theory of Employment Introduction : John Maynard Keynes in his General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money published in 1936, made a frontal attack on the classical postulates. He developed a new economics which brought about a revolution in economic thought and policy. The Gerneral Theory was written against the background of classical thought. By the "classicists" Keynes meant "the followers of Ricardo, those, that is to say, who adopted and perfected the theory of Ricardian economics." They included, in particular, J.S. Mill, Marshall and Pigou. Keynes repudiated traditional and orthodox economics which had been built up over a century and which dominated economic thought and policy before and during the Great Depression. Since the Keynesian Economics is based on the criticism of classical economics, it is necessary to know the latter as embodied in the theory of employment. The classical economists believed in the existence of full employmen...
