The Logic of Keynes in Today’s World
December 15, 2008 at 19:40 PM EST
Not long ago I was talking to someone who once had been a deficit hawk but the current recession had turned into a full-blooded Keynesian. He wanted a stimulus package in the range of $500 to $700 billion. “Consumers are dead in the water,” he said, fervently, “so government has to step in.” I agreed. [...]