>One key thing they have in common is that both treat the psychology
>of the capitalist as a form of self-estrangement, the essential
>feature of which is an irrational love of money and money-making so
>that M-C-M' also represents the irrational subjectivity of
>capitalism. Marx understands this in terms of Hegel's idea of the
>"passions"; Keynes most likely understands it in terms of the
>psychoanalytic theory of greed as an expression of psychopathology.
What's irrational about it? Monetary wealth equals security and freedom from drudgery. There's nothing pathological about a desire to achieve economic security and freedom.
Bill Bartlett Bracknell Tas