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Keynes: In the long run we're all dead. Modern Conservatives: Don't worry, it won't come to that. We've worked out several ways to eliminate any long run.

Guillaume A.W. Attia@gawattia.bsky.social

JPMorgan recently noted that they "simply don't know how to model the endgame” of the Iran war. Keynes would likely have looked disapprovingly at the recklessness which now characterizes modern politics. Read my latest @liberalcurrents.com to understand why. www.liberalcurrents.com/you-should-r...

Keynes: "By 2026, everyone will be working 15-hour work weeks." Modern Conservatives: "Don't worry, we'll have everyone work 15 hours a week just to heat their house and drive their car"

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Obligatory note of respect to Zach D. Carter's Price of Peace, which made me a Keynes stan. Short, funny, conveyed an ideology and a history and a story all at once.