“Men cannot be employed when the object of desire [i.e., money] is something which cannot be produced and the demand for which cannot readily be choked off.” The solution is “to persuade the public that green cheese [i.e., the notes printed by the central bank] is practically the same thing and to have a green cheese factory [i.e. a central bank] under public control...”
正如凯恩斯指出的：“由于失业率的不断增加。于是人们就需要安全感。”——就是安全，稳定和流动的资产。“如果没有经济来源，一般人都会感到不安全，消费的需求自然就会下降。”解决问题的方法就是：“让公众知道经济来源不是问题，而且制造金钱的工厂（例如中央银行）在运行良好的状态之中。”