John Maynard Keynes's Impact On Political Economic Policies

John Maynard Keynes, an English economist born in 1883, once said, “Ideas shape the course of history.” Most of Keynes’ ideas influenced political economic policies all over the world, but his statement rings true for all fields of work. Architecture, serial killing, and examining the subconscious are all unique examples of spheres in which ideas are the foundation. Without initial inspiration, none of these endeavors, all of which shaped the course of history, would have been attempted. For better or worse, these ideas changed the world. Our perspective can alter the way we see the world around us and can explain most of the thought processes that go through our minds. In multiple perspective works, authors use a character’s idea of reality,
When coming up with ideas, some people come up with grandiose proposals while others have simpler, but more effective plans. Although, all ideas are important as they allow others to think from your perspective; after all, your ideas come from your subconscious, directly from the hidden parts of your brain. For example, Vedantam explains, “The frontal and temporal lobes are craggy outgrowths of the brain handed down to us by our evolutionary ancestors. The Taj Mahal and the Eiffel Tower, spaceships and classical art, laws and government--civilization itself--are products of these brain areas.” (49-50) Again we see how these ideas have shaped the past and continue to influence numerous things today. Even though we create most of our ideas through the subconscious, they are still important. Honestly, your subconscious in the only part of your brain that thinks through your perspective, the conscious part is too busy overthinking everything else. In another example, Larson writes, “The wheel Ferris envisioned actually consisted of two wheels spaced thirty feet apart on the axle. What had frightened Burnham, at first, was the apparent insubstantiality of the design.” (193) Now we see Burnham’s reluctant approach to accept Ferris’s idea. In Burnham’s mind the whole fair must be perfect and, specifically, this piece must be show stopping. He has no room for error, thus he was easily turned away from that idea. On the other end of the spectrum, “Holmes’s new idea was to turn his building into a hotel for visitors to the World’s Columbian Exposition--no Palmer House or Richelieu, certainly, but just comfortable enough and cheap enough to lure a certain clientele and convincing enough to justify a large fire insurance policy.” (Larson 85) Holmes feels much more confident with his ideas and has no problem composing a plan to most efficiently fulfill his desires, but also reserve his