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To my knowledge, Keynes was never a radical socialist. I think Michael Roberts 
is correct in characterizing him as having been a supporter of a managed 
capitalism.

Keynes's disciples on the other hand, have been all over the lot politically. 
Joan Robinson was very much a socialist. And in the 1960's she had even been 
supportive of the Cultural Revolution in China. Other Keynesians have been much 
more conservative politically.  Arthur Burns, who served under both the 
Eisenhower and the Nixon Administrations was an example of a Keynesian 
economist who was of decidedly conservative political leanings. Most Keynesians 
have, however, usually been center-left in their politics.


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From: Michael Meeropol via Marxism <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Marxism] Keynes: socialist, liberal or conservative? | Michael 
Roberts Blog
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2019 08:50:57 -0400

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I think Keynes over the course of his life validated the old Walt Whitman
line:

"Do I contradict myself?   So, I contradict myself!!  I am vast.  I contain
multitudes!!!"

(don't even know if I got the quote right --- but I have the essence.
Keynes as many things all wound up into one --- Joan Robinson always
claimed that Keynes was not a radical socialist --- and she knew him well!!)
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