Harvard conservative Niall Ferguson tries to gay-bash deceased economist Keynes.
Controversial British expatriate author and Harvard professor Niall Ferguson said on Friday that economist John Maynard Keynes’ ideas were fundamentally flawed and lacked concern for future generations because Keynes was gay and childless. According to Financial Advisor magazine, Ferguson (who is no relation to this reporter) made the offensive remarks at the Tenth Annual Altegris Conference in Carlsbad, California before an audience of some 500-plus financial advisors and investors.
The author was responding to a question from an audience member about Keynes’ philosophy as opposed to the economic theories of conservative economist Edmund Burke. Ferguson argued that Keynes, who was married to a ballerina, spent time talking “poetry” with his wife as opposed to producing children, and was therefore incapable of considering the needs of future generations.
Financial Advisor‘s Tom Kostigen wrote, “Apparently, in Ferguson’s world, if you are gay or childless, you cannot care about future generations nor society.”
“This takes gay-bashing to new heights,” Kostigen continued. “It even perversely pins the full weight of the financial crisis on the gay community and the barren.”
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Niall Ferguson was also one of John McCain's 2008 campaign advisor and 2012 Romney supporter.
John Maynard Keynes gets the last laugh from his grave as austerity has plunged the Eurozone into a deeper recession with 30 months of job losses while Keynesian-lite in US has produced 39 straight months of job growth.
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