Re: Re: Re: smartness

[Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jim Devine wrote:

> Brad asks:
> > Why is there this extraordinary--eager--desire to take Keynes's
> > quote out of context?
>
> Unfortunately, Brad, quoting out of context is a major indoor sport.
> Marx is quoted out of context more than most. Keynes is hardly the
> only target. Worse are made-up quotes, as seen in the book THEY
> DIDN'T SAY THAT.

Keynes himself fell for that quote attributed to Lenin, about how the
surest way to destroy a country is to debase its currency, something
Lenin apparently never said.

Doug