Greg Ransom wrote:  
> There is a good chance that this passage from  
> _The Fatal Conceit_ was actually written or deeply  
> rewritten by its editor, William Bartley, who took great  
> liberties with Hayek's original text.  
  
  
Those unfamiliar with the background for Greg's claim might  
peek at  
http://libertyunbound.com/archive/2005_03/ebenstein-deceit.html  
I'm not a Hayek scholar and cannot comment on Ebenstein's  
piece, but it includes everything I've heard about this over  
the years and powerfully makes the key point: authorship of  
much in The Fatal Conceit is contestable.  
  
Whether written by Hayek or Bartley, the fact remains (as  
Greg is perhaps implicitly acknowledging) that as a piece of  
Keynes interpretation the passage is inexcusable.  
  
Cheers,  
Alan Isaac