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The Social Philosophy Toward Which the General Theory Might Lead
The title of the General Theory's final chapter — and the revelation that Keynes's technical apparatus was scaffolding for a vision of the good society that economics was meant to serve.
The final chapter of the General Theory carries a title that reveals the scope of Keynes's ambition: 'Concluding Notes on the Social Philosophy Towards Which the General Theory Might Lead.' Not the economic policy. Not the fiscal recommendations. The social philosophy — the vision of the good society that the entire preceding analysis was designed to serve. Keynes was not, in the end, interested in economics for its own sake. He was interested in economics as an instrument of human flourishing. The technical apparatus was the scaffolding. The building was a vision of a society wise enough to convert its productive capacity into a genuinely good life.
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The framing is decisive. Keynes's apparatus — demand curves, investment functions, consumption equations — addressed how to manage economies. His philosophy addressed why. The why mattered more. An economy produces;