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What role did Keynes play in the Second World War?
Keynes argued in How to Pay for the War.
What position did he hold?
Baron Keynes, of Tilton.
Was he instrumental in helping the government pay for the Second World War?
Compulsory saving would act to dampen domestic demand.
What method did he use to pay for the Second World War?
that the war effort should be largely financed by higher taxation and especially by compulsory saving.
Was he praised for his work during the Second World War?
Keynes was rewarded for his service with a hereditary peerage in the King's Birthday Honours.

Question: Was he appointed to a special position?
Self-contained rewrite: Was John Maynard Keynes appointed to a special position during Second World War?