Keynes, The Man

Nov 192009

Murray Rothbard‘s paper presents an unflattering portrait of John Maynard Keynes. For history or econ-geeks only.

Liberty is the very idol of my soul, the parent of virtue, the nurse of heroes, the dispenser of general happiness.... Arthur Lee, 1769
Men are unequal; individuals differ from one another. They differ because their prenatal as well as their postnatal history is never identical. Ludwig von Mises
The economic miracle that has been the United States was not produced by socialized enterprises, by government-unon-industry cartels or by centralized economic planning. It was produced by private enterprises in a profit-and-loss system. And losses were at least as important in weeding out failures, as profits in fostering successes. Let government succor failures, and we shall be headed for stagnation and decline. Milton Friedman
In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. Thomas Jefferson
Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition. Thomas Jefferson
I am interested in politics so that one day I will not have to be interested in politics. Ayn Rand

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