Consistent Quote by John Kenneth Galbraith Download Open image “In economics it is a far, far wiser thing to be right than to be consistent” — John Kenneth Galbraith ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Consistent Economics Wisdom Wiser
Sometimes economists are right, and sometimes economists are wrong. — Abhijit Banerjee Copy Share Image
The world is quite right. It does not have to be consistent. — Charlotte Perkins Gilman Copy Share Image
The prevailing wisdom is that markets are always right. I take the opposite position. I assume that markets are always wrong. — George Soros Copy Share Image
Years ago, I noticed one thing about economics, and that is that economists didn't get anything right. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
It is my guiding confession that I believe the greatest error in economics is in seeing the economy as a stable, immutable structure. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Much of economics isn't difficult, or rather, the difficulty is in cooking up arguments to "prove" that commonsense conclusions are wrong. The fact is… — Jerry Pournelle Copy Share Image
Getting on the cover of TIME guarantees the existence of opposition in the future. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Technology means the systematic application of scientific or other organized knowledge to practical tasks. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
“Men can labor to make sense out of single steps toward the goal without ever pausing to reflect that the goal itself is ludicrous.” — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Consumer wants can have bizarre, frivolous, or even immoral origins, and an admirable case can still be made for a society that seeks to… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
That one never need to look beyond the love of money for explanation of human behavior is one of the most jealously guarded simplification… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Agriculture is one economic activity that does not obey the laws of demand and supply. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
If we were not in Vietnam, all that part of the world would be enjoying the obscurity it so richly deserves. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Washington is a place where men praise courage and act on elaborate personal cost-benefit calculations. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
World War II revealed two of the enduring features of the Keynesian Revolution. One was the moral difference between spending for welfare and spending… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Money is what fueled the industrial society. But in the informational society, the fuel, the power, is knowledge. One has now come to see… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
While it will be desirable to achieve planned results, it will be even more important to avoid unplanned disasters. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
A bad book is the worse that it cannot repent. It has not been the devil's policy to keep the masses of mankind in… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
I believe that simple, consistent shifts in our thinking and actions can lead to the miraculous in all aspects of our daily lives, including… — Gabrielle Bernstein Copy Share Image
If all areas of my game are pretty consistent, that's all I hope for. — Jordan Larson Copy Share Image
Every genuine expression of love grows out of a consistent and total surrender to God. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I want to be the best, it's not about the ranking, it's about being consistent. — Saina Nehwal Copy Share Image
The one thing that seems to be consistent through all my work that I like, and I experimented a lot, is the viewer is… — Richard Misrach Copy Share Image
Consistent style prevents presentation from getting in the way of content. — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
I reject the idea there are just two sides. I think that with the amount of ideas and thoughts there are, it's not even… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
I definitely go through periods where I'm in a particular mood, or there's a consistent imaginative context that I feel I'm in, and I'm… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
Didn't think her vision was consistent with the ORC, especially the way the Council wishes to work with the ORC. For example, with regard… — Norman Foster Copy Share Image
I wanted to be consistent with my exercise, so I committed to working out for 30 days in a row, no matter what. — Molly Sims Copy Share Image
