John Maynard Keynes, paraphrase of Lenin Interview
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The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them down between the millstones of taxation and inflation.
— John Maynard Keynes on Vladimir Lenin
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Source: Wikiquote: "Vladimir Lenin" (Misattributed)
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About John Maynard Keynes
John Maynard Keynes, 1st Baron Keynes of Tilton (5 June 1883 – 21 April 1946) was a British economist whose ideas, known as Keynesian economics, had a major impact on modern economic and political theory and on many governments' fiscal policies.
About John Maynard Keynes
John Maynard Keynes, 1st Baron Keynes of Tilton (5 June 1883 – 21 April 1946) was a British economist whose ideas, known as Keynesian economics, had a major impact on modern economic and political theory and on many governments' fiscal policies.
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