In this and subsequent “economist soundtracks”, we will feature a playlist of songs that highlight each economist’s life and work. To kick things off, I have chosen the economist that is perhaps the most influential throughout the last hundred years, and is still felt today–John Maynard Keynes.

John Maynard Keynes, (5 June 1883 – 21 April 1946), was a British economist whose ideas have profoundly affected the theory and practice of modern macroeconomics, as well as the economic policies of governments. He greatly refined earlier work on the causes of business cycles, and advocated the use of fiscal and monetary measures to mitigate the adverse effects of economic recessions and depressions. His ideas are the basis for the school of thought known as Keynesian economics, as well as its various offshoots.

And now, the soundtrack to the life and works of John Maynard Keynes:

Listen to other playlists: Keynes | Hayek | Smith | Marx | Friedman | Mises