There’s a weird symmetry between the Right and the Left. It’s difficult to articulate, but it’s becoming clearer to me now. They’re both Keynesians, only in different domains. The Left are Keynesians about economics, the Right are Keynesians about political strategy. The trouble with either is that Keynesianism doesn’t work very well anywhere it’s applied. Lest I lose my reader straight out of the gate, allow me to explain in simpler terms the defining characteristics of what I’ll call the “Keynesian Model.” This model: Deals almost exclusively in macro-level aggregates. Holds that these aggregates are mostly informative. Information can be successfully used for macro purposes. For example, in economics, Keynesians … Continue reading Max Borders