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JHB

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5. More than ignore, it seems.

Reply to Benton D Struckcheon (Reply #4)

Mon Feb 24, 2014, 12:02 PM

Feb 2014

Conservatives practically demonize Keynes because the actions required to reduce that uncertainty are part of the "activist government" they despise, and by attacking Keynes they attack the intellectual framework for it. That effect appears to have carried over on the academic side.

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Economics Has a Surprising Mental Disorder [View all] xchrom Feb 2014 OP

interesting read! unblock Feb 2014 #1

+1 xchrom Feb 2014 #2

I may have seen pieces of this in college... JHB Feb 2014 #3

I agree. laundry_queen Feb 2014 #6

They ignore Keynes, simply. Benton D Struckcheon Feb 2014 #4

More than ignore, it seems. JHB Feb 2014 #5

Our "market economy" is a religion; it's just that simple. hunter Feb 2014 #7