Understanding Bourgeois Economist John Maynard Keynes: A Political Economy Essay

Year 2025, Volume: 9 Issue: 1, 201 - 216, 25.02.2025

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https://doi.org/10.25295/fsecon.1512706

Abstract

John Maynard Keynes is one of the most famous economists and intellectuals of the 20th century. With his political foresight, Keynes did an essential job rebuilding capitalism and reshaping the capitalist state. Many opinions have been put forward about Keynes throughout the historical process. Some of these views were motivated by the motivation to base Keynes' ideas on a political and economic system and doctrine (pro-capitalism or pro-socialism). Keynes's views in favor of state intervention caused him to be referred to as a socialist thought leader. However, it is thought that this is not the truth. Because the articles written by Keynes on his ideology cannot be ignored at this point, it is assumed that Keynes believed in capitalism, defended the interests of the bourgeoisie, and sometimes gave importance to the state apparatus to ensure the sustainability of capitalist capital accumulation on a world scale. The study in all these contexts aims to examine Keynes' ideological and political tendencies and, at this point, to draw a portrait of Keynesian economics beyond what is known. Thus, by considering Keynes's economic arguments, extensions, and reformulations of Keynesian theory, it is thought that a contribution can be made to the ongoing intellectual debates on how Keynes can and cannot be defined in an ideological context.

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Capitalism, General Theory, Great Depression, Keynes, Socialism

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Burjuva Ekonomist John Maynard Keynes'i Anlamak: Bir Siyasal İktisat Denemesi

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John Maynard Keynes, 20. yüzyılın en ünlü iktisatçılarından ve entelektüellerinden biridir. Keynes, siyasi öngörüsüyle kapitalizmi yeniden inşa etme ve kapitalist devleti yeniden şekillendirme konusunda önemli işler yapmıştır. Tarihsel süreçte Keynes hakkında pek çok görüş ortaya atılmıştır. Bu görüşlerin bir kısmı Keynes'in fikirlerini bir siyasi ve iktisadi sisteme ve doktrine (kapitalizm yanlısı veya sosyalizm yanlısı) oturtma güdüsünden hareket etmiştir. Keynes'in devlet müdahalesi yönündeki görüşleri onun sosyalist düşünce lideri olarak anılmasına neden olmuştur. Ancak gerçeğin bu olmadığı düşünülmektedir Çünkü Keynes'in kendi ideolojisi üzerine yazdığı yazılar bu noktada göz ardı edilemez. Keynes'in kapitalizme inandığı, burjuvazinin çıkarlarını savunduğu, dünya ölçeğinde kapitalist sermaye birikiminin sürdürülebilirliğini sağlamak için zaman zaman devlet aygıtına önem verdiği düşünülmektedir. Çalışma, tüm bu bağlamlarda Keynes'in ideolojik ve politik eğilimlerini incelemeyi ve bu noktada Keynesyen iktisadın bilinenlerin ötesinde bir portresini çizmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Böylece Keynes'in siyasi ve ekonomik argümanları, Keynesyen teorinin uzantıları ve yeniden formülasyonları dikkate alınarak, Keynes'in ideolojik bağlamda nasıl tanımlanabileceği ve tanımlanamayacağı konusunda süregelen entelektüel tartışmalara bir katkı sağlanabileceği düşünülmektedir.

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Kapitalizm, Genel Teori, Büyük Buhran, Keynes, Sosyalizm

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