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Keynes’ Preface to the German Edition of the General Theory: Nazi Sympathies or Methodological Empathies?

机译:凯恩斯的《通论》德文版序言:纳粹的同情还是方法论的同情?

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In the (1936) preface to the German edition of The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, Keynes contrasts his methodology with that of Classical laissez-faire economics. He also compares and contrasts his methodology with German economics, which members of the German Historical School had heavily influenced. Unfortunately, some view Keynes as arguing in this Preface that his theory could more deductively apply to fascism than to laissez-faire economies. This would suggest an endorsement of Nazism. Of course, any support offered for Nazism should be condemned. However, instead of displaying Nazi sympathies, this paper argues that the Preface more likely supports the widespread methodological rejection in German economics of deducing laissez-faire outcomes from Classical postulates. Furthermore, Keynes criticizes the more inductive approach of many German economists, and states that he provides them with the theoretical framework which they could deductively apply to their totalitarian economy. Keynes should be read as arguing that his theoretical framework would prove more applicable to a totalitarian system than would a theory based on Classical laissez-faire economics. Comments in the Preface which seem to some to support Nazism should be taken, then, as support for the applicability of his theory to such a system. Keynes’ methodological arguments in the prefaces to the other editions, which reflect his overall methodological approach in the General Theory, his familiarity with German economics, his support for liberal economic and political institutions, and his anti-Nazism, all support this alternative interpretation. An earlier version of this paper was presented at the Midwest Economics Association Meetings in Chicago on March 16, 2008.
机译:在1936年的《就业,利息和货币通论》德国版序言中,凯恩斯将他的方法论与古典自由放任经济学方法进行了对比。他还将自己的方法论与德国经济学的方法进行了比较和对比,德国历史学派的成员对此产生了深远的影响。不幸的是,有些人认为凯恩斯在本序言中认为,他的理论更演绎地适用于法西斯主义而非自由放任的经济。这表明对纳粹主义的认可。当然,对纳粹主义的任何支持都应受到谴责。但是,本文没有表现出纳粹的同情,而是认为前言更有可能支持德国经济学中广泛的方法论上的拒绝,即从古典假设中推论自由放任的结果。此外,凯恩斯批评了许多德国经济学家的归纳方法,并指出他为他们提供了可以推论适用于极权主义经济的理论框架。凯恩斯应被认为是在论证他的理论框架比基于古典自由放任经济学的理论更适用于极权制度。因此,应该采用序言中似乎支持纳粹主义的评论,以支持他的理论在这种系统中的适用性。凯恩斯在其他版本的序言中的方法论论证反映了他在通论中的整体方法论方法,对德国经济学的熟悉,对自由经济和政治制度的支持以及对纳粹主义的支持,都支持这种替代性解释。 。本文的早期版本已于2008年3月16日在芝加哥的中西部经济协会会议上提出。

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