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Critique Of John Maynard Keynes's Theory Of Demand For Money

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CRITIQUE OF KEYNES THEORY OF DEMAND FOR MONEY.
Demand is the amount of goods and services that consumers are willing and able to buy at a particular price and place. It is the desire to purchase goods and services. Money is anything that is generally accepted as a means of payment for goods and services in a particular place. Several theories have been derived concerning the demand for money. Some of the economists that have postulated theories concerning demand for money includes: Irving Fisher, the Cambridge cash balance approach (put forward by Pigou and Marshall), Keynes theory, Milton Friedman’s theory and so on. But this deals with the critique on the theory of demand for money by Keynes. Before one knows the critique to a theory, the theory needs to be understood itself. John Maynard Keynes wrote a book titled, The General Theory of employment, interest and money and here he gave in detail theory of demand for money. The theory postulated by Keynes is basically an extended version of the Cambridge Cash Balance approach. According to him, the demand for money is not the actual money balances held by people but what amount of money balances they want to hold. He believed people were not suffering from money illusion. Keynes said the demand for money depends on three motives. These are: transactions, precautionary and speculative motives.
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It takes a while before asset or stock can be converted into liquid cash. This makes people hold liquid cash so that they are relieved from that stress and also ensuring that money is readily available.
• Precautionary Motive: This is the demand for money for unforeseen situations and events. An example of an unforeseen situation is an accident or an opportunity to invest in financial assets. Some people hold money to meet up with emergencies that may occur while carrying out certain

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