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John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: Nostalgia combines regularly with manifest respectability to give credence to old error as opposed to new truth. Nostalgia combines regularly with manifest respectability to give credence to old error as opposed to new truth.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: People of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage. People of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: Economists are economical, among other things, of ideas; most make those of their graduate days do for a lifetime. Economists are economical, among other things, of ideas; most make those of their graduate days do for a lifetime.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: When people are least sure, they are often most dogmatic. When people are least sure, they are often most dogmatic.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old. If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: If inheritance qualifies one for office, intelligence cannot be a requirement. If inheritance qualifies one for office, intelligence cannot be a requirement.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: No society ever seems to have succumbed to boredom. Man has developed an obvious capacity for surviving the pompous reiteration of the commonplace. No society ever seems to have succumbed to boredom. Man has developed an obvious capacity for surviving the pompous reiteration of the commonplace.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: Technology means the systematic application of scientific or other organized knowledge to practical tasks. Technology means the systematic application of scientific or other organized knowledge to practical tasks.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: At best, in such depression times, monetary policy is a feeble reed on which to lean. At best, in such depression times, monetary policy is a feeble reed on which to lean.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: Much of the world's work, it has been said, is done by men who do not feel quite well. Marx is a case in point. Much of the world's work, it has been said, is done by men who do not feel quite well. Marx is a case in point.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: It's a rule worth having in mind. Income almost always flows along the same axis as power but in the opposite direction. It's a rule worth having in mind. Income almost always flows along the same axis as power but in the opposite direction.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everybody gets busy on the proof. Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everybody gets busy on the proof.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: There is something wonderful in seeing a wrong-headed majority assailed by truth. There is something wonderful in seeing a wrong-headed majority assailed by truth.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: Washington is a place where men praise courage and act on elaborate personal cost-benefit calculations. Washington is a place where men praise courage and act on elaborate personal cost-benefit calculations.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: The rule will often be here reiterated: financial genius is before the fall. I The rule will often be here reiterated: financial genius is before the fall. I
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: The ideas by which people ... interpret their existence and in measure guide their behavior, were not forged in a world of wealth. The ideas by which people ... interpret their existence and in measure guide their behavior, were not forged in a world of wealth.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: Happiness does not require an expanding economy Happiness does not require an expanding economy
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: Men of conservative temperament have long suspected that one thing leads to another. Men of conservative temperament have long suspected that one thing leads to another.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: Few can believe that suffering, especially by others, is in vain. Anything that is disagreeable must surely have beneficial economic effects. Few can believe that suffering, especially by others, is in vain. Anything that is disagreeable must surely have beneficial economic effects.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: It is my guiding confession that I believe the greatest error in economics is in seeing the economy as a stable, immutable structure. 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 quotes: In a world where for pedagogic and other purposes a very large number of economists is required, an arrangement which discourages many of them from In a world where for pedagogic and other purposes a very large number of economists is required, an arrangement which discourages many of them from
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: Speeches in our culture are the vacuum that fills a vacuum. Speeches in our culture are the vacuum that fills a vacuum.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: The huge capacity to purchase submission that goes with any large sum of money, well, this we have. This is a power of which we should all be aware. The huge capacity to purchase submission that goes with any large sum of money, well, this we have. This is a power of which we should all be aware.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: Power is as power does. Power is as power does.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: The more underdeveloped the country, the more overdeveloped the women. The more underdeveloped the country, the more overdeveloped the women.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: In central banking as in diplomacy, style, conservative tailoring, and an easy association with the affluent count greatly and results far much less. In central banking as in diplomacy, style, conservative tailoring, and an easy association with the affluent count greatly and results far much less.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: Pundits forecast not because they know, but because they are asked. Pundits forecast not because they know, but because they are asked.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: Ideas do not respect national frontiers, and this is especially so where language and other traditions are in common. Ideas do not respect national frontiers, and this is especially so where language and other traditions are in common.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: Conscience is better served by a myth. Conscience is better served by a myth.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: The happiest time of anyone's life is just after the first divorce. The happiest time of anyone's life is just after the first divorce.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: Recurrent descent into insanity is not a wholly attractive feature of capitalism. Recurrent descent into insanity is not a wholly attractive feature of capitalism.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: Where humor is concerned there are no standards - no one can say what is good or bad, although you can be sure that everyone will. Where humor is concerned there are no standards - no one can say what is good or bad, although you can be sure that everyone will.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: Originality is something that is easily exaggerated, especially by authors contemplating their own work. Originality is something that is easily exaggerated, especially by authors contemplating their own work.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: It is not necessary to advertise food to hungry people, fuel to cold people, or houses to the homeless. It is not necessary to advertise food to hungry people, fuel to cold people, or houses to the homeless.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: Do not be alarmed by simplification, complexity is often a device for claiming sophistication, or for evading simple truths. Do not be alarmed by simplification, complexity is often a device for claiming sophistication, or for evading simple truths.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: When everything else failed, we can still become immortal by making an enormous blunder ... When everything else failed, we can still become immortal by making an enormous blunder ...
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: But now, as throughout history, financial capacity and political perspicacity are inversely correlated. But now, as throughout history, financial capacity and political perspicacity are inversely correlated.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: It was Herbert Spencer, not Charles Darwin, who coined the phrase Survival of the Fittest. It was Herbert Spencer, not Charles Darwin, who coined the phrase Survival of the Fittest.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: 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. 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.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: Foresight is an imperfect thing - all prevision in economics is imperfect. Foresight is an imperfect thing - all prevision in economics is imperfect.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: This is a world inhabited not by people who have to be persuaded to believe but by people who want an excuse to believe. This is a world inhabited not by people who have to be persuaded to believe but by people who want an excuse to believe.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: In the conventional wisdom of conservatives, the modern search for security is regularly billed as the greatest single threat to economic progress. In the conventional wisdom of conservatives, the modern search for security is regularly billed as the greatest single threat to economic progress.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: Economists are generally negligent of their heroes. Economists are generally negligent of their heroes.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: No intelligence system can predict what a government will do if it doesn't know itself. No intelligence system can predict what a government will do if it doesn't know itself.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: One of the best ways of avoiding necessary and even urgent tasks is to seem to be busily employed on things that are already done. One of the best ways of avoiding necessary and even urgent tasks is to seem to be busily employed on things that are already done.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: There is a common tendency to ignore the poor or to develop some rationalisation for the good fortune of the fortunate. There is a common tendency to ignore the poor or to develop some rationalisation for the good fortune of the fortunate.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: One man's consumption becomes his neighbor's wish. One man's consumption becomes his neighbor's wish.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: War remains the decisive human failure. War remains the decisive human failure.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: Decision has greater virtue and force if taken after there has been eloquent dissent. Decision has greater virtue and force if taken after there has been eloquent dissent.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: It was usually on about the fourth day that I put in that note of spontaneity for which I am known. It was usually on about the fourth day that I put in that note of spontaneity for which I am known.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: Power is not something that can be assumed or discarded at will like underwear. Power is not something that can be assumed or discarded at will like underwear.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: In the affluent society, no useful distinction can be made between luxuries and necessities. In the affluent society, no useful distinction can be made between luxuries and necessities.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: Agriculture is one economic activity that does not obey the laws of demand and supply. Agriculture is one economic activity that does not obey the laws of demand and supply.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: In any great organization it is far, far safer to be wrong with the majority than to be right alone. In any great organization it is far, far safer to be wrong with the majority than to be right alone.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: Third party politics, at least since La Follette, has always had an element of romance. Third party politics, at least since La Follette, has always had an element of romance.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: You roll back the stones, and you find slithering things. That is the world of Richard Nixon. You roll back the stones, and you find slithering things. That is the world of Richard Nixon.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: The individual serves the industrial system not by supplying it with savings and the resulting capital; he serves it by consuming its products. The individual serves the industrial system not by supplying it with savings and the resulting capital; he serves it by consuming its products.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable. Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: It is the good fortune of the affluent country that the opportunity cost of economic discussion is low and hence it can afford all kinds. It is the good fortune of the affluent country that the opportunity cost of economic discussion is low and hence it can afford all kinds.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: Economists, on the whole, think well of what they do themselves and much less well of what their professional colleagues do. Economists, on the whole, think well of what they do themselves and much less well of what their professional colleagues do.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: Truth has anciently been called the first casualty of war. Money may, in fact, have priority. Truth has anciently been called the first casualty of war. Money may, in fact, have priority.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: My rule on honorary degrees has always been to have one more than Arthur Schlesinger Jr. My rule on honorary degrees has always been to have one more than Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: Simple minds, presumably, are the easiest to manage. Simple minds, presumably, are the easiest to manage.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: If people are hungry, ill-clad, unsheltered or diseased, nothing is so important as to remedy their condition. If people are hungry, ill-clad, unsheltered or diseased, nothing is so important as to remedy their condition.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: It is not the individual's right to buy that is being protected. Rather, it is the seller's right to manage the individual. It is not the individual's right to buy that is being protected. Rather, it is the seller's right to manage the individual.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: Unemployment is rarely considered desirable except by those who have not experienced it. Unemployment is rarely considered desirable except by those who have not experienced it.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: The conspicuously wealthy turn up urging the character building values of the privation of the poor. The conspicuously wealthy turn up urging the character building values of the privation of the poor.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: If you get a reputation for being honest, you have 95 percent of the competition already beat. If you get a reputation for being honest, you have 95 percent of the competition already beat.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: Men are, in fact, either sustained by organization or they sustain organization. Men are, in fact, either sustained by organization or they sustain organization.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: Ideas may be superior to vested interest. They are also very often the children of vested interest. Ideas may be superior to vested interest. They are also very often the children of vested interest.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: Genius is a rising stock market. Genius is a rising stock market.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: No ethic is as ethical as the work ethic. No ethic is as ethical as the work ethic.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: The fully planned economy, so far from being unpopular, is warmly regarded by those who know it best. The fully planned economy, so far from being unpopular, is warmly regarded by those who know it best.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: The massive reduction in risk that is inherent in the development of the modern corporation has been far from fully appreciated. The massive reduction in risk that is inherent in the development of the modern corporation has been far from fully appreciated.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: You will find that the State is the kind of organization which, though it does big things badly, does small things badly, too. You will find that the State is the kind of organization which, though it does big things badly, does small things badly, too.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: Foreign policy is conducted for the convenience and enjoyment of people in Washington. Foreign policy is conducted for the convenience and enjoyment of people in Washington.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: Agreeable as it is to know where one is proceeding, it is far more important to know where one has arrived. Agreeable as it is to know where one is proceeding, it is far more important to know where one has arrived.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: There was something superficial in attributing anything so awful as the Great Depression to anything so insubstantial as speculation in common stocks. There was something superficial in attributing anything so awful as the Great Depression to anything so insubstantial as speculation in common stocks.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: I predict, not because I know, but because I'm asked. I predict, not because I know, but because I'm asked.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: There's a certain part of the contented majority who love anybody who is worth a billion dollars. There's a certain part of the contented majority who love anybody who is worth a billion dollars.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: Some things were never meant to be recycled. Some things were never meant to be recycled.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: I never enjoyed writing a book more; indeed, it is the only one I remember in no sense as a labor but as a joy. I never enjoyed writing a book more; indeed, it is the only one I remember in no sense as a labor but as a joy.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: Men can labor to make sense out of single steps toward the goal without ever pausing to reflect that the goal itself is ludicrous. 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 quotes: Educators have yet to realize how deeply the industrial system is dependent upon them. Educators have yet to realize how deeply the industrial system is dependent upon them.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: Few people at the beginning of the nineteenth century needed an adman to tell them what they wanted. Few people at the beginning of the nineteenth century needed an adman to tell them what they wanted.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: I am worried about our tendency to over invest in things and under invest in people. I am worried about our tendency to over invest in things and under invest in people.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: It's much easier to point out the problem than it is to say just how it should be solved. It's much easier to point out the problem than it is to say just how it should be solved.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: Oligopoly is an imperfect monopoly. Like the despotism of the Dual Monarchy, it is saved only by its incompetence. Oligopoly is an imperfect monopoly. Like the despotism of the Dual Monarchy, it is saved only by its incompetence.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: Change comes not from men and women changing their minds, but from the change from one generation to the next. Change comes not from men and women changing their minds, but from the change from one generation to the next.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: Banking may well be a career from which no man really recovers. Banking may well be a career from which no man really recovers.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: To add to the technostructure is to increase its power in the enterprise. To add to the technostructure is to increase its power in the enterprise.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: We have escapist fiction, so why not escapist biography? We have escapist fiction, so why not escapist biography?
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: While it will be desirable to achieve planned results, it will be even more important to avoid unplanned disasters. While it will be desirable to achieve planned results, it will be even more important to avoid unplanned disasters.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: Getting on the cover of TIME guarantees the existence of opposition in the future. Getting on the cover of TIME guarantees the existence of opposition in the future.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: But it can be laid down as a rule that those who speak most of liberty are least inclined to use it. But it can be laid down as a rule that those who speak most of liberty are least inclined to use it.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: A wrong decision isn't forever; it can always be reversed. The losses from a delayed decision are forever; they can never be retrieved. A wrong decision isn't forever; it can always be reversed. The losses from a delayed decision are forever; they can never be retrieved.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: Liberalism is, I think, resurgent. One reason is that more and more people are so painfully aware of the alternative. Liberalism is, I think, resurgent. One reason is that more and more people are so painfully aware of the alternative.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: With the American failure came world failure. With the American failure came world failure.
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: Why is anything intrinsically so valueless so obviously desirable? Why is anything intrinsically so valueless so obviously desirable?
John Kenneth Galbraith quotes: Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding

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