tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post3022747379898812247..comments2008-11-08T00:17:50.921-05:00Robert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12653378186315529211rw@economicpolicyjournal.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-86027723271606949182008-11-08T00:17:00.000-05:002008-11-08T00:17:00.000-05:00

Hi Laura,<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your comments. I don't think I am equating Keynes and Marx as much as Obama is. <BR/><BR/>He is using Keynesian fiscal policy justifications for his Marxian redistributionist beliefs.<BR/><BR/>I am curious,if a fiscal stimulus package is initiated, where do you see the money for the stimulus package coming from? And why would you not consider that a

Robert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12653378186315529211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-44342378436342824942008-11-07T21:11:00.000-05:002008-11-07T21:11:00.000-05:00

Quite why you should bracket Keynes and Marx together, when Keynes was strongly anti-Marxist, is not clear. Nor why you equate Keynes's economics with big spending. He was in favour of a stimulus - either fiscal or monetary - to an economy that faced dire recession. He was also very concerned about the risks of inflation, and in favour of free trade and free markets when government action -

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