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Brad De Long wrote: Brad De Long wrote: Why is there this extraordinary--eager--desire to take Keynes's quote out of context? Remarkable, isn't it? Didn't Hayek offer the charming interpretation that Keynes's queerness made him not care about the future? Doug I missed this. Where? Dunno, can't remember, which is why I phrased it as a question. I'm pretty sure I read that somewhere though. Does anyone else here recognize that? Doug
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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
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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. Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clawww.lmu.edu/Faculty/JDevine/JDevine.html
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Brad De Long wrote: Why is there this extraordinary--eager--desire to take Keynes's quote out of context? Remarkable, isn't it? Didn't Hayek offer the charming interpretation that Keynes's queerness made him not care about the future? Doug I missed this. Where? Brad DeLong
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Brad De Long wrote: Why is there this extraordinary--eager--desire to take Keynes's quote out of context? Remarkable, isn't it? Didn't Hayek offer the charming interpretation that Keynes's queerness made him not care about the future? Doug
