Sanctioning and aiding
samedi 22 janvier 2022 à 00:04* Keynes argued that aiding our allies is more effective than sanctioning our foes.*
Sanctions are not very effective, so I suppose this is true.
The difficulty about aiding allies is that it costs money. Governments that are prostrate from having lowered taxes on the rich are not in a position to do this very much — and likewise the other good things they ought to do.