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John Kenneth Galbraith Quote: “To proclaim the need for new ideas has served, in some measure, as a substitute for them.”

301. “To proclaim the need for new ideas has served, in some measure, as a substitute for them.”

— John Kenneth Galbraith

John Kenneth Galbraith Quote: “If you get a reputation for being honest, you have 95 percent of the competition already beat.”

302. “If you get a reputation for being honest, you have 95 percent of the competition already beat.”

— John Kenneth Galbraith

John Kenneth Galbraith Quote: “With the American failure came world failure.”

303. “With the American failure came world failure.”

— John Kenneth Galbraith

John Kenneth Galbraith Quote: “The overall effect of the rise of the industrial system is greatly to reduce the union as a social force. But it will not disappear or become entirely unimportant.”

304. “The overall effect of the rise of the industrial system is greatly to reduce the union as a social force. But it will not disappear or become entirely unimportant.”

— John Kenneth Galbraith

John Kenneth Galbraith Quote: “We now in the United States have more security guards for the rich than we have police services for the poor districts. If you’re looking for personal security, far better to move to the suburbs than to pay taxes in New York.”

305. “We now in the United States have more security guards for the rich than we have police services for the poor districts. If you’re looking for personal security, far better to move to the suburbs than to pay taxes in New York.”

— John Kenneth Galbraith

John Kenneth Galbraith Quote: “I feel very angry when I think of brilliant, or even interesting, women whose minds are wasted on a home. Better have an affair. It isn’t permanent and you keep your job.”

306. “I feel very angry when I think of brilliant, or even interesting, women whose minds are wasted on a home. Better have an affair. It isn’t permanent and you keep your job.”

— John Kenneth Galbraith

John Kenneth Galbraith Quote: “It’s much easier to point out the problem than it is to say just how it should be solved.”

307. “It’s much easier to point out the problem than it is to say just how it should be solved.”

— John Kenneth Galbraith

John Kenneth Galbraith Quote: “Who is king in the world of the blind when there isn’t even a one eyed man?”

308. “Who is king in the world of the blind when there isn’t even a one eyed man?”

— John Kenneth Galbraith

John Kenneth Galbraith Quote: “The commencement speech is not, I think, a wholly satisfactory manifestation of our culture.”

309. “The commencement speech is not, I think, a wholly satisfactory manifestation of our culture.”

— John Kenneth Galbraith

John Kenneth Galbraith Quote: “Scholars gather in scholarly assemblages to hear in elegant statement what all have heard before. Again, it is not a negligible rite, for its purpose is not to convey knowledge but to beatify learning and the learned.”

310. “Scholars gather in scholarly assemblages to hear in elegant statement what all have heard before. Again, it is not a negligible rite, for its purpose is not to convey knowledge but to beatify learning and the learned.”

— John Kenneth Galbraith

John Kenneth Galbraith Quote: “Ideas may be superior to vested interest. They are also very often the children of vested interest.”

311. “Ideas may be superior to vested interest. They are also very often the children of vested interest.”

— John Kenneth Galbraith

John Kenneth Galbraith Quote: “There is nothing reliable to be learned about making money. If there were, study would be intense and everyone with a positive IQ would be rich.”

312. “There is nothing reliable to be learned about making money. If there were, study would be intense and everyone with a positive IQ would be rich.”

— John Kenneth Galbraith

John Kenneth Galbraith Quote: “Anyone taken as an individual is tolerably sensible and reasonable – as a member of a crowd, he at once becomes a blockhead. – Friedrich Von Schiller, as quoted by Bernard Baruch.”

313. “Anyone taken as an individual is tolerably sensible and reasonable – as a member of a crowd, he at once becomes a blockhead. – Friedrich Von Schiller, as quoted by Bernard Baruch.”

— John Kenneth Galbraith

John Kenneth Galbraith Quote: “There would also be, we may be certain, the traditional reassuring words from Washington. Always when markets are in trouble, the phrases are the same: “The economic situation is fundamentally sound” or simply “The fundamentals are good.” All who hear these words should know that something is wrong.”

314. “There would also be, we may be certain, the traditional reassuring words from Washington. Always when markets are in trouble, the phrases are the same: “The economic situation is fundamentally sound” or simply “The fundamentals are good.” All who hear these words should know that something is wrong.”

— John Kenneth Galbraith

John Kenneth Galbraith Quote: “None of this excuses anyone from mastering the basic ideas and terminology of economics. The intelligent layman must expect also to encounter good economists who are difficult writers even though some of the best have been very good writers. He should know, moreover, that at least for a few great men ambiguity of expression has been a positive asset. But with these exceptions he may safely conclude that what is wholly mysterious in economics is not likely to be important.”

315. “None of this excuses anyone from mastering the basic ideas and terminology of economics. The intelligent layman must expect also to encounter good economists who are difficult writers even though some of the best have been very good writers. He should know, moreover, that at least for a few great men ambiguity of expression has been a positive asset. But with these exceptions he may safely conclude that what is wholly mysterious in economics is not likely to be important.”

— John Kenneth Galbraith

John Kenneth Galbraith Quote: “There is the possibility, even the likelihood, of self-approving and extravagantly error-prone behavior on the part of those closely associated with money.”

316. “There is the possibility, even the likelihood, of self-approving and extravagantly error-prone behavior on the part of those closely associated with money.”

— John Kenneth Galbraith

John Kenneth Galbraith Quote: “The recurrent and sadly erroneous belief that effortless enrichment is an entitlement associated with what is thought to be exceptional financial perspicacity and wisdom is not something that yields to legislative remedy.”

317. “The recurrent and sadly erroneous belief that effortless enrichment is an entitlement associated with what is thought to be exceptional financial perspicacity and wisdom is not something that yields to legislative remedy.”

— John Kenneth Galbraith

John Kenneth Galbraith Quote: “This was because of a special American commitment to the seeming magic of money creation and its presumptively wondrous economic effects. T.”

318. “This was because of a special American commitment to the seeming magic of money creation and its presumptively wondrous economic effects. T.”

— John Kenneth Galbraith

John Kenneth Galbraith Quote: “Why is anything intrinsically so valueless so obviously desirable?”

319. “Why is anything intrinsically so valueless so obviously desirable?”

— John Kenneth Galbraith

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