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Economic theory advocating government intervention

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"The General Theory was not truly revolutionary at all but merely old and oft-refuted mercantilist and inflationist fallacies dressed up in shiny new garb, replete with newly constructed and largely incomprehensible jargon."

Rothbard, Murray event 2010

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"He had the tactical wit to dress up ancient statist and inflationist fallacies with modern, pseudoscientific jargon, making them appear to be the latest findings of economic science."

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Keynes, the Man

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Rothbard's critical mini-biography of John Maynard Keynes, portraying him as shifty and manipulative and arguing that his celebrated 'General Theor...

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Keynes, John Maynard

British economist whose ideas fundamentally changed macroeconomics, known for advocating government intervention during economic downturns

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