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Samuelson, Keynes and the Left

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Jonathan M. F. Catalán Posted: Sun, Apr 11 2010 1:43 PM

According to Paul Krugman:

I had no idea that the MIT economics visiting committee tried to force Samuelson to call off the publication of his 1948 textbook, on the grounds that Keynesian economics was too left-wing.

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So I guess it's safe to say that Samuelson's book wasn't an apology for neoliberalism? Kool, now I got some dirt to throw at the lefties.

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