Keynes the Man: Hero or Villain? | Murray N. Rothbard

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  • Опубликовано: 30 ноя 2021
  • Presented at the "Keynes and Keynesianism" seminar in Harvard Square, Massachusetts, on April 29, 1989. Sponsored by the Mises Institute.

Комментарии • 43

  • @aaronburr2816
    @aaronburr2816 2 года назад +11

    You know the video will be great when Rothbard tells you in the first minute that he is going to be sh****ng on Keynes personally for the remaining 39 minutes.

  • @jwtlucky
    @jwtlucky 2 года назад +14

    Rothbard’s opinion seems spot on

  • @DavidM-tg1oy
    @DavidM-tg1oy 2 года назад +12

    I love Rothbard's summation of Keynes' character and behavior toward the end of his talk. He forgot to mention that those were his BETTER qualities! A DISGUSTING person!

  • @cranklesnacks
    @cranklesnacks 2 года назад +6

    And here we all are 30 years later with the priests of the Keynesian order still ruling with their golden halos at the Fed

  • @antoniodesousa9723
    @antoniodesousa9723 2 года назад +28

    I have an undergrad in eco from 30 years, Keynes and Keynesian economics was large back then, maybe because of a Krugman macro book we had to use. I threw out the Krugman book 10 years ago and recently I heard rumours that Keynes was interested in little boys? Regardless I didn't derive any value from my economics degree. I ended up in the IT field.

    • @Kanfachan
      @Kanfachan 2 года назад +1

      The rumors of Keynes infatuations are probably true. He was very besotted by young boys. Though there is some evidence of his being with women, the overwhelming sexual relationships throughout his life were with younger men and adolescent males.

    • @craxd1
      @craxd1 2 года назад +1

      The Anglo-American Establishment has had a penchant for that, but they were teens of both genders. The British seemed to be the worst for it, but this hedonism was within both nations' elite.

    • @rlkinnard
      @rlkinnard 10 месяцев назад

      Were you sleeping when Trump was making pizza ads; i heard on youtube is that pizza is a code for pedophilia? Krugman's book was not published 30 years ago.

    • @H3c171
      @H3c171 10 месяцев назад +2

      Yup, the same economics you were taught was the same that was used the commit financial jihad to the American economy since 1971

    • @rlkinnard
      @rlkinnard 10 месяцев назад

      @@H3c171 Krugman's Macrp first edition was in 2006.

  • @ErwinSchrodinger64
    @ErwinSchrodinger64 2 года назад +24

    He is one of the most disgusting economists that ever existed. Keynes earned his degree in mathematics. He understood the mathematical formulation of "pump priming". In the end, he understood inherent chaotic nature of the economy and transferring and indebting society eventually would cause an economic collapse. The debt becomes insurmountable. In Keynes own words, "In the end, we're all dead." In other words, ride the wave of psuedo economic wealth but when the economy finally fails, I'll be long gone.

    • @rlkinnard
      @rlkinnard 10 месяцев назад

      Keynes wanted to pay down the debt once out of depression.

    • @StheSharknl
      @StheSharknl 7 месяцев назад

      ⁠@@rlkinnard 2 problems with that. 1) that doesn’t really happen, politicians don’t have incentives to tax during booms as they would be blamed for slowing down the economy
      2) difficulty in determining where in the economic cycle we are
      3) time it takes to implement policies.
      2 and 3 combined create a time lag and time gap where counter cyclical policies are more likely to become pro cyclical

    • @rlkinnard
      @rlkinnard 7 месяцев назад

      @@StheSharknl it does happen; it is just that the Republican Party decided against fiscal discipline. The government paying down debt would have good long term benefits.

  • @TheCruxy
    @TheCruxy 2 года назад +17

    Another great talk by Dr. Patrick Newman

    • @kamilziemian995
      @kamilziemian995 2 года назад +7

      Indeed. Also Murray Rothbard can make good impersonation of Patrick Newman.

    • @jwtlucky
      @jwtlucky 2 года назад +1

      Who?

    • @kamilziemian995
      @kamilziemian995 2 года назад +3

      @@jwtlucky Are you asking who dr. Patrick Newman is? If so, I can write few words about him.

    • @jwtlucky
      @jwtlucky 2 года назад +1

      @@kamilziemian995 nah, I know he works for Mises institute. That “who” should have read like the snoop dog meme….

  • @craxd1
    @craxd1 2 года назад +2

    That was one of the best exposés that I've had the pleasure of listening to.
    The problem is, that we have many in government, today, with those very beliefs, and they fully intend on dragging the west into their disastrous system even deeper.
    "Keynesian economics, as part of the neoclassical synthesis, served as the standard macroeconomic model in the developed nations during the later part of the Great Depression, World War II, and the post-war economic expansion (1945-1973). It lost some influence following the oil shock and resulting stagflation of the 1970s. Keynesian economics was later redeveloped as New Keynesian economics, becoming part of the contemporary new neoclassical synthesis, that forms one current-day theory on macroeconomics. The advent of the financial crisis of 2007-2008 sparked renewed interest in Keynesian thought." -- Wikipedia
    Then, there is this:
    "Keynes, a British economist who died more than 60 years ago, inspired President Barack Obama's plan to save the U.S. economy with a massive round of government spending. The British economist published his big theory, the one underpinning most of what Obama intends to do, in 1936.
    "By the 1980s, many believed Keynes' ideas were utterly discredited. But he is the man who came up with the then-radical notion that a government can pull a country out of a deep recession by spending a lot." -- NPR article: Obama Gives Keynes His First Real-World Test (Jan. 2009)
    Of course, we had the Bush family do something very similar, and now, in 2022, we've spent trillions more.

  • @cinematiccrisis
    @cinematiccrisis Год назад +2

    I like hearing Rothbard shuffling his papers around, murmuring angrily about the evils of JMK.

  • @yotamgilad600
    @yotamgilad600 2 года назад +6

    I had to put him on pause and applaud at numerous points

  • @abramgaller2037
    @abramgaller2037 2 года назад +3

    The rejection of thrift and hedonism don't give Keynes a very good logical grounding .

  • @keynesisaclown
    @keynesisaclown 2 года назад +8

    neither

  • @mechengineer4life
    @mechengineer4life 2 года назад +2

    11 MINUTES IN and if it is true that Keynes liked to diddle young boys, it isn't remotely surprising given his personal philosophy appears to be inspired by Nietchze's Will to Power above all else.

    • @Kanfachan
      @Kanfachan 2 года назад +1

      It's very true that he had particular fondness for boys.

    • @user-hu3iy9gz5j
      @user-hu3iy9gz5j 10 месяцев назад

      I don't know about "young boys", but he did "diddle" some painter considerably younger than him

  • @JamieZero7
    @JamieZero7 8 месяцев назад

    We have murrays classrooms this is awesomee

  • @devapp-zk5to
    @devapp-zk5to 4 месяца назад

    It’s a logic of thought Based on values not rules. What matter is what Keynes did not what he was. Dude, the literature master pieces has life by itself. His books are part of the history no matter you think he was. People here are so racist and love gossip a lot

  • @TheMinerMan
    @TheMinerMan 2 года назад +2

    I mean, this guy's a real jerk!

  • @johndoee2888
    @johndoee2888 2 года назад

    🇺🇲

  • @devapp-zk5to
    @devapp-zk5to 4 месяца назад

    Economics is a law activity based on a values principles like trust. Are you serious all this liberalism is based on this bias un scientific method of talking? This is so old!! Please, new smart thinkers!! Keynes thought in a context the law not the economics.

  • @one4320
    @one4320 2 года назад

    He sounds like Trump with more IQ.

    • @Kanfachan
      @Kanfachan 2 года назад

      How??

    • @Yellowgary
      @Yellowgary Год назад

      You’re a total tool if you think trump is anything like rothbard. Trump the great cantillonaire loves the fed