Economic possibilities for our grandchildren

This essay was first presented in 1928 as a talk to several small societies, including the Essay Society of Winchester College and the Political Economy Club at Cambridge. In June 1930 Keynes expanded his notes into a lecture onEconomic Possibilities for our Grandchildren’ which he gave at Madrid. It appeared in literary form in two instalments in the Nation and Athenaeum, 11 and 18 October 1930, in the midst of the slump.