Monday, May 3, 2021

Keynes and Proudhon

 A long discussion at CrookedTimber led me to this comparison of Keynes and Proudhon by Dudley Dillard in 1942.  Keynes and Proudhon have ideas that are remarkably similar in many ways.  They are both anti-Marxist reformers who believe that Interest (and the power of banks to make capital scarce) is the key thing which must be reformed by society.  Keynes admitted following the ideas of Gesell, a student of Proudhon.

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