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Very Quotes by John Kenneth Galbraith
- Money is a singular thing. It ranks with love as man's greatest source of joy. And with death as his greatest source of anxiety. Over…
- In Europe and the United States the two decades following the Second World War will for long be remembered as a very good time, the…
- World War II revealed two of the enduring features of the Keynesian Revolution. One was the moral difference between spending for welfare and spending for…
- The contented and economically comfortable have a very discriminating view of government. Nobody is ever indignant about bailing out failed banks and failed savings and…
- From the fact of general well-being came the new position of the poor. They were now in most communities a minority. The voice of the…
- 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…
- Inventions that are not made, like babies that are not born, are rarely missed. In the absence of new developments, old ones may seem very…
- Very important functions can be performed very wastefully and often are.
- Only in very recent times has the average man been a source of savings.
- Ideas may be superior to vested interest. They are also very often the children of vested interest.
- In a community where public services have failed to keep abreast of private consumption things are very different. Here, in an atmosphere of private opulence…
- The masters thought they were loved until one day one of their favorites farted loudly while serving dinner and the next day was gone. The…
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