@stefeich.bsky.social and @adamtooze.bsky.social argue in their substack that Keynes & Mann both wanted to save the "thin crust of civilisation" by trying to convince the bourgeoisie that one can and should imagine a radically better future. adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...
Chartbook 465 The Last of the Magicians: Thomas Mann, John Maynard Keynes and the Alchemy of Bourgeois Liberalism
An essay by Adam Tooze and Stefan Eich
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