A Keynesian Future: Zach Carter
Keynes's Goals
Keynes concerned himself with his day's most significant problems: WWI and WWII, the rise of fascism and revolution, and the Great Depression in the United States. He believed that assuaging fears about an uncertain future was most important, and that a more equal society would also be more secure from deflation, deprivation, and dictatorship. He aimed for policies that would grapple with crisis and uncertainty.
Economics as Politics
Keynes firmly believed that economics was an extension of politics and government, not a separate entity that existed outside of the governmental…
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