Monday, March 09, 2009

Keynes to the Kingdom?

Jonathan Chait reviews The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression, By Amity Shlaes

Quite a useful response, this.....

And, I'm ashamed to admit I don't know this book. Should I?

2 comments:

Shawn said...

...only 3 left of the 'Keynesian episode' book on amazon...git while the gittin's good.

Kent Lassman said...

Yep. You should read it. I'll send you mine as a loaner if you like.

It is not a rigorous smashing of Keynes but it does blend politics and history nicely with the real world effects of economic policy. It is political economy for the masses and she writes well so that is a bonus.