one of those economists was walter salant, a student of keynes turned new dealer.y people were in favor of spending and in quite a few countries. but they never had any answer to the objections by-- of classical theorists. because, uh... well, essentially, as somebody has said, facts don't kill a theory. it takes another theory to kill a pre-existing theory. and that was the contribution that keynes' book made in my opinion. it gave the pro-spenders a refutation of the objections of classical theorists. deep in his heart, roosevelt simply didn't trust theories or the economists who invented them. countering a depression by lowering taxes and increasing government spending and doing it continuously was simply too fanciful. it defied common sense. so the government spent a little and the economy improved a little and the country limped into the 1940s as the world began to tear itself apart. the german army overran europe. the german air force seemed ready to pulverize britain. the allies turned to the americans for weapons to continue the war. keynes feared the econo