John Maynard Keynes believed that

A) the market forces would soon cure the Great Depression.
B) the federal government should balance its budget every year.
C) we could spend our way out of the Great Depression.
D) we should scrap the capitalist system and have the government take over the ownership of the means of production.

Keynes believed in the concept of deficit spending, where the government would spend money to stimulate demand and create jobs, even if it meant running a budget deficit. He argued that in times of economic downturns, the government should increase spending to boost demand and stimulate the economy, rather than relying solely on the market forces to correct the situation. This concept came to be known as Keynesian economics and became a significant influence on economic policymaking in the years following the Great Depression.