Re: Re: Re: Re: smartness

2000-02-11 Thread Doug Henwood
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 th

Re: Re: Re: smartness

2000-02-09 Thread Brad De Long
>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

Re: Re: Re: smartness

2000-02-09 Thread Doug Henwood
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 qu