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Comment on Is Keynesianism dead? Far from it – it provides the life support for a crisis-ridden capitalism by JB

Aggregate demand stimulation cannot overcome the hard constraints imposed by resource depletion. Keynesian demand stimulation generates inflation in a world in which physical inputs (energy, minerals, land, wate) are binding.

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Aggregate demand stimulation cannot overcome the hard constraints imposed by resource depletion.

Keynesian demand stimulation generates inflation in a world in which physical inputs (energy, minerals, land, wate) are binding.

Exceeding natural resource limits is now causing disaster (Nepal-Tibet border).

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Aggregate demand stimulation cannot overcome the hard constraints imposed by resource depletion. Keynesian demand stimulation generates inflation in a world in which physical inputs (energy, minerals, land, wate) are binding. Exceeding natural resource limits is now causing disaster (Nepal-Tibet border).

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  • Keynesian fiscal stimulus becomes ineffective and undesirable when natural resource consumption is costly and environmentally harmful.

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Physical limitations were beginning to appear as early as '76.

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