Chapter XII
Tyler Cowen:
Marginal Revolution: Keynes's General Theory, chapter 12: This is the best chapter in the book and one of the most important economics essays of all time. Read it here. Upon rereading it, I am overwhelmed by its insight and also its relevance to our current predicament. I object to the final paragraph on the nationalization of investment but still this is a stellar performance.
I remember that the best advice I was ever given was in the mid-1980s: that I should spend my career as an economist "mathing up" chapter XII. I did not take it. Too hard.