Table of Contents:
  • Preface by John Maynard Keynes
  • Preface to the German Edition. -Preface to the Japanese Edition. -Preface to the French Edition
  • Introduction by Paul Krugman
  • Book I Introduction
  • 1 The General Theory
  • 2 The Postulates of the Classical Eco
  • 3 The Principle of Effective Demand
  • Book II Definitions and Ideas
  • 4 The Choice of Units.
  • 5 Expectation as Determining Output and Employment
  • 6 The Definition of Income, Saving and Investment
  • 7 The Meaning of Saving and Investment Further Considered
  • Book III The Propensity to Consume
  • 8 The Propensity to Consume: I. The Objective Factors
  • 9 The Propensity to Consume: II. The Subjective Factors
  • 10 The Marginal Propensity to Consume and the Multiplier
  • Book IV The Inducement to Invest
  • 11 The Marginal Efficiency of Capital
  • 12 The State of Long-Term Expectation
  • 13 The General Theory of the Rate of Interest
  • 14 The Classical Theory of the Rate of Interest
  • 15 The Psychological and Business Incentives to Liquidity
  • 16 Sundry Observations on the Nature of Capital
  • 17 The Essential Properties of Interest and Money
  • 18 The General Theory of Employment Re-Stated
  • Book V Money-wages and Prices
  • 19 Changes in Money-wages
  • 20 The Employment Function
  • 21 The Theory of Prices
  • Book VI Short Notes Suggested by the General Theory
  • 22 Notes on the Trade Cycle
  • 23 Notes on Mercantilism, The Usury Laws, Stamped Money and Theories Of Under-Consumption
  • 24 Concluding Notes on the Social Philosophy Towards which the General Theory Might Lead
  • Afterword by Robert Skidelsky.