# Policy and International Order

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Keynes's policy work ranged from criticism of punitive postwar reparations to management of British finance and plans for international monetary cooperation. His analysis supported fiscal action when private demand is inadequate, while the appropriate design depends on inflation, productive capacity, institutions, distribution, and the source of the downturn. His papers at King's document this unusually close connection between scholarship and public affairs.