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Keynes Was Not Much Better at Investing than He Was at Understanding Economics

Keynes Was Not Much Better at Investing than He Was at Understanding Economics

Update: 2024-11-11
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John Maynard Keynes is the best-known economist from the 20th Century, that not being a good thing. At least he was more famous for his success in promoting his views than for his lack of success as an investor. His failures were an extension of his lack of economic understanding.

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Keynes Was Not Much Better at Investing than He Was at Understanding Economics

Keynes Was Not Much Better at Investing than He Was at Understanding Economics

Mark Thornton