MATTHEW HAWKINS applauds a psychotherapist’s disection of William Blake
The twin roots of our discontent
ALEX HALL welcomes an accessible examination of the two strands of pro-capitalist thought which have defined the post-war economic policies of the West
(L) Friedrich August von Hayek, 1981; (R) John Maynard Keynes, 1934
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JOHN GREEN is fascinated by a very readable account of Britain’s involvement in South America
Strip cartoons used to be the bread and butter of newspapers and they have been around for centuries. MICHAL BONCZA asks our own Paul Tanner about which bees are in his bonnet
GORDON PARSONS acknowledges the authority with which Sarah Kane’s theatrical justification for suicide has resonance today
RON JACOBS welcomes a timely homage to one of the IWW and CPUSA’s most effective orators
Hayek vs Keynes: A Battle of Ideas
Hoerber Thomas, Reaktion Books, £10.99
NEITHER John Maynard Keynes nor Friedrich von Hayek wanted to see the devastation of the Great Depression or the second world war again. Both understood how economics and politics could tear societies apart.
Both wanted societies which would encourage harmony and efficiency. But they came up with very different solutions, Keynes focusing on the role of government in creating the right environment for markets and controlling their worst excesses, and Hayek on the role of maximising individual freedom and free markets.
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