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Such Quotes by John Kenneth Galbraith
- One of my greatest pleasures in my writing has come from the thought that perhaps my work might annoy someone of comfortably pretentious position. Then…
- Man, at least when educated, is a pessimist. He believes it safer not to reflect on his achievements; Jove is known to strike such people…
- Even in such a time of madness as the late twenties, a great many man in Wall Street remained quite sane. But they also remained…
- The shortcomings of economics are not original error but uncorrected obsolescence. The obsolescence has occurred because what is convenient has become sacrosanct. Anyone who attacks…
- Good writing, and this is especially important in a subject such as economics, must also involve the reader in the matter at hand. It is…
- 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…
- SOME YEARS, like some poets,and politicians and some lovely women, are singled out for fame far beyond the common lot, and 1929 was clearly such…
- At best, in such depression times, monetary policy is a feeble reed on which to lean.
- Total physical and mental inertia are highly agreeable, much more so than we allow ourselves to imagine. A beach not only permits such inertia but…
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