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Old September 26th, 2010 #15
Kamerad Q
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Originally Posted by Rick Ronsavelle View Post
"In the preface to the German edition [of his General Theory], Keynes boasted that his theory was particularly well suited for totalitarian regimes and lamented that it was less fit for the conditions prevailing in freer societies."

On p. xxvi of his Collected Writings Keynes writes:

"Nevertheless the theory of output as a whole, which is what the following book purports to provide, is much more easily adapted to the conditions of a totalitarian state, than is the theory of production and distribution of a given output produced under conditions of free competition and a large measure of laissez-faire."

http://blog.mises.org/archives/007285.asp
That is because Keynesian wampum is measured in battalions and carrier task forces for its acceptance, hence worth.