The outstanding faults of the economic society in which we live are its failure to provide for full employment and its arbitrary… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
I conceive, therefore, that a somewhat comprehensive socialisation of investment will prove the means of securing an approximation to full employment. — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
The division of the spoils between the victors will also provide employment for a powerful office, whose doorsteps the greedy adventurers and… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
In truth, the gold standard is already a barbarous relic. All of us, from the Governor of the Bank of England downwards,… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
Logic , like lyrical poetry , is no employment for the middle-aged — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
Once we allow ourselves to be disobedient to the test of an accountant's profit, we have begun to change our civilization. — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share
If you owe your bank manager a thousand pounds, you are at his mercy. If you owe him a million pounds, he is at… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share
There is no subtler, no surer means of overturning the existing basis of society than to debauch the currency. — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share
It has been pointed out already that no knowledge of probabilities, less in degree than certainty, helps us to know what conclusions are true,… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share
Everything is always decided for reasons other than the real merits of the case — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share
The power of vested interests is vastly exaggerated compared with the gradual encroachment of ideas — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share
It is a good thing to make mistakes so long as you're found out quickly. — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share
When the accumulation of wealth is no longer of high social importance, there will be great changes in the code of morals. We shall… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share
Of the maxims of orthodox finance none, surely, is more anti-social than the fetish of liquidity, the doctrine of that it is a positive… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share
The outstanding faults of the economic society in which we live are its failure to provide for full employment and its arbitrary and inequitable… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share
I conceive, therefore, that a somewhat comprehensive socialisation of investment will prove the means of securing an approximation to full employment. — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share
Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone. — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share
Whenever you save five shillings you put a man out of work for a day. — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share
