Re: [Pen-l] Marx and Keynes redux

[Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Feb 6, 2009, at 6:25 AM, Ann Davis wrote:

> Doug, have you written about Keynes?
>
> In one of my periodic re-readings of the General Theory I'm finding  
> little gems, like an explicit reference to providing an "answer to  
> Marx."
>
> And of course "euthanasia of the rentier" and "ideas" being more  
> important than "vested interests."

There's a lot of wonderful stuff in Keynes. But he was no Marxist. He  
was a hardcore snob, who believed that aristocrats like himself should  
run things. Both the masses and tradesmen are so vulgar!

Anyway, lots on this in Wall Street, now available for free download  
at <http://www.wallstreetthebook.com>.

Doug
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