tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732407426313451205.post8670900634021397909..comments2024-03-08T15:43:20.236+00:00Comments on Keynesian Liberal: The Return of Keynesianism - inadvertently?Peter Wrigleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16481117156930677255noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732407426313451205.post-89003311321627701932020-03-02T19:50:03.647+00:002020-03-02T19:50:03.647+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04465691545581648283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732407426313451205.post-61825180348839357862020-02-21T18:07:02.339+00:002020-02-21T18:07:02.339+00:00Are we currently in a downswing, so the government...Are we currently in a downswing, so the government should be spending, or an upswing, so it should be cutting back?<br /><br />Does Keynesianism have anything to say about what you should do if you find yourself in a downswing when the previous government did not damp down the upswing but continued borrowing and spending as if they had abolished boom and bust?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732407426313451205.post-13924112308327903642020-02-19T18:02:16.973+00:002020-02-19T18:02:16.973+00:00Thanks for your comment, Severn Boa.It's indee...Thanks for your comment, Severn Boa.It's indeed a funny old world, isn't it.Peter Wrigleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16481117156930677255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732407426313451205.post-52246715006438035932020-02-19T13:45:25.957+00:002020-02-19T13:45:25.957+00:00It's definitely fascinating that a Tory govern...It's definitely fascinating that a Tory government would seem to be able to go on a "profligate socialist-style spending spree" without any major criticism from the appalling right-wing press. Of course, Corbyn would have got totally trashed for his "Marxist" spending plans, determined to bankrupt the country. It's a horrible feeling that perhaps the only way of getting any sort of mildly socialist policies through will be by virtue (?) of buffoon Boris and his majority from the Labour heartlands.Severn Boarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15542769703676984112noreply@blogger.com