The Great Recession & the Great Depression

In the depths of the Great Depression, John Maynard Keynes wrote that "[p]racticalmen, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist."1 This acute observation is applicable to our current Great Recession as well....

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Main Author: Temin, Peter (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MIT Press, 2010-12-09T15:15:06Z.
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