Published by the Foundation for Economic Education
March 13, 2010 | Subscribe via RSS
Keynes is all the rage these days. Our House of Commons and Lords — sorry, House of Representatives and Senate — are brimming with Keynesians, and more than one news commentator has boldly declared (as we’ve heard before), “We’re all Keynesians now.” In light of the resurrection of the at least twice-interred Keynes , I decided to revisit some of the gentleman’s writings.
The rest of this week’s TGIF, “Keynes Returns,” is here.
Jim Powell discusses Progressive Republican Theodore Roosevelt's big-government record, Gene Callahan pleads for maturity in public-policy discussions, Gerald O'Driscoll looks at the Fed's recent conduct, Steven Horwitz explains the idea of unintended consequences, Kevin Carson gazes deep into the health care system, and Joseph Stromberg takes another look at John Locke.
by Kevin Carson
by mnolan
Reviewed by George C. Leef
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Reviewed by Art Carden
Reviewed by Bettina Bien Greaves
by Gene Callahan
by Steven Horwitz
by Gerald P. O'Driscoll Jr.
by Jim Powell
by Joseph R. Stromberg
by Charles Johnson
by John Stossel
by Thomas Szasz
by Burton W. Folsom Jr.
by Sheldon Richman
Comment by Carl Clegg on 13 February 2009:
Alarming. Twenty years ago I had a boss who was quite a fan of Keynes. He was absolutely certain that Keynesianism would work better if only we were more progressive and followed it more regularly. At the time I thought he was a dying breed. But now we see that Keynes is not dead despite all of his theories which have been proven fallacious. Obama, despite saying that it doesn’t matter if the government is big or small but what matters is only that it works, and that it’s not about ideology but about what works — despite this, he is a Keynesian.