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June 6

Walter Lippmann and John Maynard Keynes and Keynesian economics

I have a book of Lippmann's writings from 1931 and 1932, where he opposed Keynes suggestions about deficit spending(Lippman didn't refer to Keynes directly, he said "some eminent economists"). I would like to know, did Lippmann and Keynes ever exchange letters, and did Lippmann later change his views about deficit spending and Keynesian economics?Rich (talk) 21:02, 6 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Lippmann and Keynes had been friends and correspondents since they met at the Versailles Conference. The book to read on the two is probably Craufurd Goodwin's 2014 Walter Lippmann: Public Economist, as well as Steel's biography of Lippmann of course. This review says:

The crucial period in his economic development, according to Goodwin, was the summer of 1933, when, in London for the World Economic Conference, he spent many productive hours with Keynes. His conversion to Keynesianism appears to have been complete by May 1934, when he delivered the Godkin lecture at Harvard, advocating unbalanced budgets and an activist policy agenda, some two years before the publication of Keynes’s General Theory.

John Z (talk) 22:40, 7 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

They also served, but several died in service

How many American Red Cross and USO women died while serving? How many other people died in service with the two aforementioned organizations? Anyone know?142.255.72.126 (talk) 21:57, 6 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"During World War I, 296 American Red Cross nurses and 127 American Red Cross ambulance drivers died in service to humanity... 78 Red Cross workers died while serving overseas during World War II". Red Cross History - Supporting Our Nation’s Military. No gender breakdown, but note that both men and women drove ambulances in WWI [1]. Alansplodge (talk)

"52 women and 34 men-lost their lives as the result of their [WWII] wartime service." [2] Note: this total (86) differs from above (perhaps due to "overseas" in the lower number). 107.15.157.44 (talk) 21:42, 7 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

How about the USO?142.255.72.126 (talk) 07:11, 8 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"Thirty-seven USO entertainers died during World War II". [3] Again, no gender breakdown. Alansplodge (talk) 10:45, 8 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]