tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post7441515782166952045..comments2024-03-29T10:51:27.752+13:00Comments on Not PC: What would John M. Keynes say about John N. Key?Peter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-84741775683323164682014-06-16T13:02:11.467+12:002014-06-16T13:02:11.467+12:00To be fair, I think that's Keynes's point:...To be fair, I think that's Keynes's point: that folk like Key who don't take ideas seriously are, precisely because they're non-serious, slaves to the few ideas they've happened to stumble across in their teenage years -- however defunct those ideas might be.<br /><br />It was a good question. I wonder who send it in?Peter Cresswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-11778643297887582202014-06-16T12:31:43.926+12:002014-06-16T12:31:43.926+12:00My suspicion is that the truth is even worse. He d...My suspicion is that the truth is even worse. He doesn't actually know many academic economists and instead spouted the only one he could remember from his days at university. It reflects a Prime Minister for whom economic ideas are not important and who has no interest in promoting them. That is why he treated the question as a joke.Julianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11105977816595973510noreply@blogger.com