{"id":6059,"date":"2018-09-19T19:00:17","date_gmt":"2018-09-19T19:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/progressiveeconomyforum.com\/development\/?post_type=publication&#038;p=6059"},"modified":"2019-07-01T10:32:19","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T10:32:19","slug":"keynes-for-today","status":"publish","type":"publications","link":"https:\/\/progressiveeconomyforum.com\/development\/publications\/keynes-for-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Keynes for Today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This is a transcript of Lord Skidelsky&#8217;s address from his lecture on the lessons Keynes can offer today&#8217;s left, part of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/progressiveeconomyforum.com\/development\/projects\/public-lecture-series\/\">PEF\u2019s series of public lectures<\/a>&nbsp;on macroeconomic issues. The event marked the launch of his latest work <em>Money and Government: A Challenge to Mainstream Economics<\/em>. He argues:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;I would emphasise Keynes\u2019s warning that bad economics produces political extremism. By bad economics I mean allowing financial markets to dictate what happens to economies. By good economics I mean recognising the duty of governments to protect their people \u2013 even the inefficient ones \u2013 against misfortune, insecurity, and calamity. By good economics today I mean an economics which, while allowing a wide field for decentralised decision-making, insures against catastrophe, takes heed for the future, and responds to the popular demand for fairness.&#8221;  <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a transcript of Lord Skidelsky&#8217;s address from his lecture on the lessons Keynes can offer today&#8217;s left, part of&nbsp;PEF\u2019s series of public lectures&nbsp;on macroeconomic issues. 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