Keynes on the war economy

2003-11-18 Thread michael
Keynes was hardly a radical, but think of how far we are from Keynes' proposal today! Keynes, John Maynard. 1940, United States and the Keynes Plan. The New Republic (29 July); reprinted in CW, 22, pp. 144-55. 145: at the end of the war it is the profit-earning class which owns, in the shape of

Re: Keynes on the war economy

2003-11-18 Thread Devine, James
PROTECTED] Cc: Subject: [PEN-L] Keynes on the war economy Keynes was hardly a radical, but think of how far we are from Keynes' proposal today! Keynes, John Maynard. 1940, United States and the Keynes Plan. The New

Re: Keynes on the war economy

2003-11-18 Thread Michael Perelman
Savings bonds were intended to curtail spending. In school we were supposed to collect our coins, put them in cards, and then purchase bonds. On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 09:06:46PM -0800, Devine, James wrote: didn't a milder version of this plan actually happen? in the US, during WW2 workers