I think that Capitalism, wisely managed, can probably be made more efficient for attaining economic ends than any alternative system yet in sight, but that in itself is in many ways extremely objectionable.
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNESFor my own part, I believe that there is social and psychological justification for significant inequalities of incomes and wealth.
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Long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead.
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Most men love money and security more, and creation and construction less, as they get older.
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The friends of gold will have to be extremely wise and moderate if they are to avoid a revolution.
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By this means (fractional reserve banking) government may secretly and unobserved, confiscate the wealth of the people, and not one man in a million will detect the theft.
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When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done.
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The important thing for Government is not to do things which individuals are doing already, and to do them a little better or a little worse; but to do those things which at present are not done at all.
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To suggest social action for the public good to the city London is like discussing The Origin of Species to a Bishop sixty years ago.
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Perhaps it is historically true that no order of society ever perishes save by its own hand.
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If human nature felt no temptation to take a chance there might not be much investment merely as a result of cold calculation.
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By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens.
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Morally and philosophically I find myself in agreement with virtually the whole of it: and not only in agreement with it, but in deeply moved agreement.
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The political problem of mankind is to combine three things: economic efficiency, social justice and individual liberty.
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It would be foolish, in forming our expectations, to attach great weight to matters which are very uncertain.
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When the facts change, I change my mind.
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The love of money as a possession. Will be recognised for what it is, a somewhat disgusting morbidity.
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