Re: Can anyone plan this? Reply to Douglas Quinby.

["Dr. Subroto Roy" <sroy@vgsom.iitkgp.ernet.in>]

Apropos Mr. Quinby, I doubt very much that Keynes would have entered such a
discussion, and I cannot see what is gained by reference to the poor man's
name.  SR.


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From: Vinay Chandekar <vinay@asiaaccess.net.th>
To: debate@indiapolicy.org <debate@indiapolicy.org>
Date: Thursday, November 12, 1998 09:35
Subject: Re: Can anyone plan this? Reply to Douglas Quinby.


>
>>>>>>>>>>Douglas Quinby    >>>>>>>>>>
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>"I think Keynes, among others, would strongly disagree with Vinay. In
>fact, has not one of the great follies of Indian leadership in the last
>quarter century been to confuse economic policy with social policy? "
>
>*******
>The difference is in Pespective, Douglas !
>
>I read Keynes defferently. He believed in State spending during
>depressions/downturns. This puts money in the hands of people which
>reduces social tension. So his economic ideas were guided by needed
>social objectives.
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