Best John Kenneth Galbraith Lines
- It takes a certain brashness to attack the accepted economic legendsbut noneat all toperpetuatethem. So theyare perpetuated. Accepted
- Of all the weapons in the Federal Reserve arsenal, words were the the most unpredictable in their consequences. All
- In recent times no problem has been more puzzling to thoughtful people than why, in a troubled world, we make such poor use of our… Affluence
- A businessman who reads Business Week is lost to fame. One who reads Proust is marked for greatness. Business
- In economics, unlike fiction and the theater, there is no harm in a premature disclosure of the plot: it is to see the changes just… Changes
- While it will be desirable to achieve planned results, it will be even more important to avoid unplanned disasters. Achieve
- Oligopoly is an imperfect monopoly. Like the despotism of the Dual Monarchy, it is saved only by its incompetence. Despotism
- A drastic reduction in weapons competition following a general release from the commitment to the Cold War would be sharply in conflict with the needs… Cold
- All, the intelligent and stupid, diligent and idle, have been swept along on a current of increased output that, in the usual case, owed nothing… All
- Why is anything intrinsically so valueless so obviously desirable? Desirable
- In dealing with Mr. Nixon, it is not easy to be unfair. He invites and justifies all available criticism. All
- With the American failure came world failure. American
- Economics is not an exact science. Economics
- The myth that holds that the great corporation is the puppet of the market, the powerless servant of the consumer, is, in fact one of… Consumer
- There was something superficial in attributing anything so awful as the Great Depression to anything so insubstantial as speculation in common stocks. Attributing
- The charge that an idea is radical, impractical, or long- haired is met by showing that a prominent businessman has favored it?an additional tactic in… Additional
- Few things are as immutable as the addiction of political groups to the ideas by whichthey have once won office. Addiction
- THE GENIUS of the industrial system lies in its organized use of capital and technology. This is made possible, as we have duly seen, by… Capital
- Educators have yet to realize how deeply the industrial system is dependent upon them. Deeply
- Truth has anciently been called the first casualty of war. Money may, in fact, have priority. Anciently
- Seaboard Air Line, which was thought by numerous innocents to provide a foothold in aviation, was another favorite, although, in fact, it was a railroad. Air
- Those who yearn for the end of capitalism should pray for government by men who believe that all positive action is inimical to what they… Action
- American university presidents are a nervous breed; I have never thought well of them as a class. American
- Speeches in our culture are the vacuum that fills a vacuum. Culture
- Of all the mysteries of the stock exchange there is none so impenetrable as why there should be a buyer for everyone who seeks to… All
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