Practically a Detective Thriller: Edward Fuller on Keynes, Socialism, and IS-LM

Check out Fuller's talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZYAFaHSsZY

Normally the Mises Institute's Austrian Economics Research Conference has interesting and novel talks. Usually they're a bit dry and directed toward an audience that knows Austrian economics quite well.

However, this year, Edward Fuller brought the house down with a lecture on Keynes that is not only fascinating, it is a fantastic example of detailed historical work, hunting down and confirming original and nearly-lost sources, showing evidence to people and getting entirely unexpected responses, and several other staples of a really good mystery or thriller.

It starts off a little slow, mildly threatening to be the same kind of "Keynes was a socialist" talk you've probably heard before, but after a few minutes, Fuller dives into some unexpected sources and makes some new points on that front, before going into a detailed investigation of an extremely prominent economic model and its true origins.

It unfolds like a detective story--to the point where I was afraid of putting spoilers into my recommendation for it. If you like economics or mysteries, go give it your time--you won't regret it.

Thumbnail image is a caricature of Keynes by David Low https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Keynes_caricature_Low_1934-1.jpg

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