凯恩斯是20世纪上半叶世界著名理论创新者、政治活动家和当时最杰出的英国经济学家，凯恩斯著的《就业利息和货币通论》是他重要著作之一，它的发表引发了世界范围内的“凯恩斯革命”。本书的中心思想是有效需求理论，因有效需求不足导致失业增加和经济衰退，而利率、工资、价格等因素并不能使经济体系实现自我调节。凯恩斯提出：“只要政府降低利率，刺激投资，实行公共开支和经济军事化，就可解决失业问题，化解经济危机。”这一理论为各国政府实行干预经济的政策奠定了基础。

Preface

BOOK Ⅰ INTRODUCTION

 Chapter 1 THE GENERAL THEORY

 Chapter 2 THE POSTULATES OF THE CLASSICAL ECONOMICS

 Chapter 3 THE PRINCIPLE OF EFFECTIVE DEMAND

BOOK Ⅱ DEFINITIONS AND IDEAS

 Chapter 4 THE CHOICE OF UNITS

 Chapter 5 EXPECTATION AS DETERMINING OUTPUT AND EMPLOYMENT

 Chapter 6 THE DEFINITION OF INCOME, SAVING AND INVESTMENT., APPENDIX ON USER COST

 Chapter 7 THE MEANING OF SAVING AND INVESTMENT FURTHER CONSIDERED

BOOK Ⅲ THE PROPENSITY TO CONSUME

 Chapter 8 THE PROPENSITY TO CONSUME: I. The Objective Factors

 Chapter 9 THE PROPENSITY TO CONSUME: II. The Subjective Factors

 Chapter 10 THE MARGINAL PROPENSITY TO CONSUME AND THE MULTIPLIER

BOOK Ⅳ THE INDUCEMENT TO INVEST

 Chapter 11 THE MARGINAL EFFICIENCY OF CAPITAL

 Chapter 12 THE STATE OF LONG-TERM EXPECTATION

 Chapter 13 THE GENERAL THEORY OF THE RATE OF INTEREST

 Chapter 14 THE CLASSICAL THEORY OF THE RATE OF INTEREST Appendix to Chapter 14

 Chapter 15 THE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND BUSINESS INCENTIVES TO LIQUIDITY

 Chapter 16 SUNDRY OBSERVATIONS ON THE NATURE OF CAPITAL

 Chapter 17 THE ESSENTIAL PROPERTIES OF INTEREST AND MONEY

 Chapter 18 THE GENERAL THEORY OF EMPLOYMENT RE-STATED .

BOOK Ⅴ MONEY-WAGESAND PRICES

 Chapter 19 CHANGES IN MONEY-WAGES

Appendix to Chapter 19

 Chapter 20 THE EMPLOYMENT FUNCTION

 Chapter 21 THE THEORY OF PRICES

BOOK Ⅵ SHORT NOTES SUGGESTED BY THE GENERAL THEORY

 Chapter 22 NOTES ON THE TRADE CYCLE

 Chapter 23 NOTES ON MERCANTILISM, THE USURY LAWS, STAMPED

 Chapter 24 CONCLUDING NOTES ON THE SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY TOWARDS WHICH THE GENERAL THEORY MIGHT LEAD