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«In the usual (though certainly not in every) public decision on economic policy, the choice is between courses that are almost equally good or equally bad. It is the narrowest decisions that are most ardently debated. If the world is lucky enough to enjoy peace, it may even one day make the discovery, to the horror of doctrinaire free-enterprisers and doctrinaire planners alike, that what is called capitalism and what is called socialism are both capable of working quite well.»
Author: John Kenneth Galbraith
«Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding.»
Author: John Kenneth Galbraith
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«There must be, most of all, an effective safety net [of] individual and family support for those who live on the lower edges of the system.»
Author: John Kenneth Galbraith
«The total alteration in underlying circumstances has not been squarely faced, As a result, we are guided, in part, by ideas that are relevant to another world. ... We do many things that are unnecessary, some that are unwise, and a few that are insane.»
«these are the days when men... seek the comfortable and the accepted; when the man of controversy is looked upon as a disturbing influence; when originality is taken to be a mark of instability; and when, in minor modification of the scriptural parable, the bland lead the bland.»
Author: John Kenneth Galbraith
«It is almost as important to know what is not serious as to know what is.»
Author: John Kenneth Galbraith
«Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite.»
Author: John Kenneth Galbraith
«In the choice between changing ones mind and proving there's no need to do so, most people get busy on the proof.»
Author: John Kenneth Galbraith
«If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old.»
Author: John Kenneth Galbraith
«Meetings are a great trap. Soon you find yourself trying to get agreement and then the people who disagree come to think they have a right to be persuaded. However, they are indispensable when you don't want to do anything.»
Author: John Kenneth Galbraith
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