[Marxism] Who Said ?Debauch the Currency?: Keynes or Lenin?

Michael Perelman michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
Tue Jun 2 08:03:05 MDT 2009


Yes, but he changed his policy with changing conditions. Inflation was not 
a concern during the Depression. It was also hard for him to switch from 
conventional concern about prices to worrying about unemployment.



On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 11:18:29AM +0000, farmelantj at juno.com wrote:
> 
> Wasn't "debauching" the currency something
> that Keynes explicitly advocated as
> a way for cutting real wages while
> leaving money wages untouched, so not
> exciting opposition from workers?
> 
> Jim F.
> 

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