As long as central government takes responsibility for maintaining a high and stable level of employment, Keynes thought, most of the rest of economic life can be left free of official interference. Building a proper division of responsibility between state and market from this insight is today’s main task.
政治的摇摆性有时候也会过度。在重新构建后撒切尔主义经济形态时，我们应该小心谨慎，不能重复过去被验证已经失败的政策。只要中央政府能够保持一个充分而且稳定的就业环境，凯恩斯的思想，绝大多数的经济生活应该不受干扰，自由发展。如何在政府干预和自由市场之间建立一个合适的分界线是我们当前所面临的主要任务。