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Stirrings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2012
... far - the realisation that the Eurozone could not survive by austerity measures alone. Is Europa beginning to again embrace JMK? John Maynard Keynes and his government deficit spending model (during recession) had become so unpopular over the past few ...

Ben calls on JMK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
... future is just dumb, if the short-term present goes down the drain. For "in the long run, we are all dead" John Maynard Keynes (JMK)

A penny saved could spark a recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
... recession watch. But somehow, why am I not surprised? This sort of numbers proves what I've been typing on my keyboard all along - JMK's (John Maynard Keynes) "Paradox of Thrift". He explained how it would be disastrous for an economy if most of its ...

Lost GPS

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... consumers decide to save instead of spend - it would reduce aggregate demand, reduce consumption and slow overall growth. JMK did not envision most economies saving instead of spending but methinks the implications will be similar and the on a broader ...

JMK rules

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2011
... estimates that it would earn about US$20 billion all up from its TARP investment - a gain of 8.2 per cent. Another proof that JMK's (John Maynard Keynes) "General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" -- that during times of recession, the government ...

Bad news is good news is bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2010
... would be good for the economy in the long term. But what good will it do if the economy dies before the long term? Remember JMK's (John Maynard Keynes) immortal words, "In the long run, we're all dead!"
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