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
