Economics is extremely useful as a form …
Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.
~ John Kenneth Galbraith…
Faced with the choice between changing one’s …
Faced with the choice between changing one’s mind and proving that there is no need…
If all else fails, immortality can always …
If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error.
~ John Kenneth…
It is a far, far better thing …
It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than…
It is almost as important to know …
It is almost as important to know what is not serious as to know what…
Meetings are indispensable when you don’t want …
Meetings are indispensable when you don’t want to do anything.
~ John Kenneth Galbraith
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Nothing is so admirable in politics as …
Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory.
~ John Kenneth Galbraith
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Politics is not the art of the …
Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous…
The conventional view serves to protect us …
The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.
~ John…
The happiest time of anyone’s life is …
The happiest time of anyone’s life is just after the first divorce.
~ John Kenneth…
The modern conservative is engaged in one …
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man’s oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that…
The only function of economic forecasting is …
The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.
~ John Kenneth…