You skip over the part where a weak central government utterly failed to meet the most basic expectations of the citizens of the new republic. Also, I think Ke

You skip over the part where a weak central government utterly failed to meet the most basic expectations of the citizens of the new republic. Also, I think Keynes should win a posthumous award solely on the basis of your comment. It's quite a feat to retroactively influence the policy of a government across a chasm of almost two centuries.