I've always thought that modern economists linking themselves to his work has been a facile exercise.
These eminences painted the economy on a broad scale and were far more engaged than modern economists in political choice.
Nevertheless, the way in which modern economists view macroeconomic problems owes much to the Keynesian framework.
Another question is whether modern economists have lost interest in or feel for institutional detail that might be very important.
Many modern economists believe firms pay their workers a premium over subsistence levels to make them more efficient.
Some modern economists argue that average living standards did not improve, or only very slowly improved, before 1840.
And modern economists, au contraire, do not want so complex a vision.
However later on the modern theory of rent was developed by the modern economists.
The issue has been re-examined by modern economists studying consumption rebound effects from improved energy efficiency.
Almost all modern economists, however much they might resist such classification, are drawn to one of two camps.