Keynes's eugenics and Buchanan's anti-racism!

Rappeler l’eugénisme de Keynes et l’antiracisme de Buchanan

François Facchini ()
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François Facchini: UP1 UFR02 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - École d'économie de la Sorbonne - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: History, and historians, strive to separate the wheat from the chaff. This exercise is commendable, but one must avoid errors in classification, lest one reject the wheat and retain only the chaff. When attempting to distinguish progressive intellectuals, who move with the times, from those who oppose social progress by defending the strong against the weak, immorality against morality, and self-interest against the common good, it is best to avoid mistakes. This article aims to correct such errors. It recalls, as is fairly well known, Keynes's openly eugenicist positions and refutes the rumors of racialism surrounding James Buchanan, based on work recently published in the journal Public Choice.

Keywords: Racialism; Corporatism; Eugenism; Keynes; Corporatisme; Eugenisme; Buchanan; Racialisme (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-10-30
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Published in 2025, pp.189-199

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