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> Despite having faked the paper that introduced austerity to the world, had an immense impact on the economy, and caused massive and needless suffering for hun
by js8 3y ago
> Despite having faked the paper that introduced austerity to the world, had an immense impact on the economy, and caused massive and needless suffering for hundreds of millions of people. [..] But they got a promotion for it.
There is a book from Clara Mattei, The Capital Order (https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/C/bo181707138.html https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/C/bo181707...), which explains they were not the first, and probably are not the last.