On Fredrich Von Hayek and John Maynard Keynes Sentences

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Sentences are, simply constructed to translate thought into words. The nature of how a writer compose their sentences are predicated by the text’s rhetorical situation. The purpose for this essay is to examining the totality of rhetorical situations upon two sentences from separate texts to critically analyse how the author employed techniques in order to connect with their audience, as well as parsing the cultural context of the authors of two separate sentences. I have chosen two sentences from a collection of academically contentious letters, exchanged between Friedrich von Hayek and John Maynard Keynes, revolving around the contestability of economic policy. Both sentences are a part of the conclusive arguments and this subsequently sheds light on stylistic differences of both author’s.

Sentence ONE
‘They will be “martyrs by mistake” and, in their martyrdom, will be injuring others as well as themselves.’
- Keynes 1932

Sentence TWO
‘If the Government wish to help revival, the right way for them to proceed is, not expenditure, but to abolish those restrictions on trade and the free movement of capital (including restrictions on new issues) which are at present impeding even the beginning of recovery.’
- Hayek 1932

The topic of debate between Keynes and Hayek, is based on the effectiveness of capital investment and what policies the Government should adopt.
I find it suitable to discern the credibility of the writers, which is imperative to examine the influence of their words. Both gentlemen, at the time, were considered to be leading economic theorist. At the time both Hayek, and Keynes held prominent positions at leading economic institutions, and due to their economic prowess, both men were the most cited economists in ...

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...; Hayek also provides an outline of how to fulfil the role.

My planning for this assignment was a slightly stressful. The stress was induced when trying to choose what sentences to use. I had difficultly choosing a sentence that appealed culturally to me. In the end I selected sentences from economic theorist. The topic of the texts was based on the causes of the Great Depression and they’re discussing the best approach to move forward. Keynesian Economics and Neoclassical Economics have been vowing for orthodoxy through the twentieth century. In recent decades the two schools of thought, in many places create a synthesis, resulting the economic policies that are applied on the Australian economy. The economy is an integral part of our everyday living, so I find it logical to analyse sentences from two people have irrevocably shaped the world to what it is now.

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