About the Book: In the Long Run We Are All Dead: Keynesianism, Political
Economy, and Revolution
A groundbreaking debunking of moderate attempts to resolve financial crises
In the ruins of the 20072008 financial crisis, self-proclaimed progressives the
world over clamored to resurrect the economic theory of John Maynard Keynes. The
crisis seemed to expose the disaster of small-state, free-market liberalization
and deregulation. Keynesian political economy, in contrast, could put the state
back at the heart of the economy and arm it with the knowledge needed to rescue
us. But what it was supposed to rescue us from was not so clear. Was it the end
of capitalism