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Keynes’ theory was seen at the time as the answer to Marx’s prediction that the boom and bust cycle of capitalism would inevitably lead to socialism. Keynes showed how government intervention could lead to a stable free market economy.
Philosophy 100 Essential Thinkers
Philip Stokes
Were the Australian extinction an isolated event, we could grant humans the benefit of the doubt. But the historical record makes Homo sapiens look like an ecological serial killer.
Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari
This explains why the silver bubble has popped before and will pop again if it ever inflates: as soon as significant monetary investment flows into silver, it is not as difficult for producers to increase the supply significantly and bring the price crashing down, taking the savers' wealth in the process.
The Bitcoin Standard
Saifedean Ammous
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