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uncompromising in his socialist convictions, never 
thought on the lines of a "Katastrophenpolitik" i.e. 
support a "reformative" 
he had never the slightest hesitation to 
policy 
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by full employment, as long as the reform improved and 
strengthened the position of the workers, which he was 
with 
convinced was the case ferax full employment. 
The historical perspective of Marx, in contrast to his 
pure economics, was and is very important for me. 
It is a rational explanation of history. 
The idea to explain the"crisis of capitalism"came from 
Kalecki who suggested it to me just before he left England.