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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.

John Maynard Keynes

If you owe your bank manager a thousand pounds, you are at his mercy. If you owe him a million pounds, he is at your mercy.
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Bank Manager Mercy Rich Yourself
I believe myself to be writing a book on economic theory which will largely revolutionize – not, I suppose, at once but in the course of the next ten years – the way the world thinks about economic problems.
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Believe Economics Problem Revolution Thinking World Writing
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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Calculation Human Nature Result Temptation
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.
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Capitalism Economy Extreme Manage Object Thinking Wisdom
Thus, the weight of my criticism is directed against the inadequacy of the theoretical foundations of the laissez-faire doctrine upon which I was brought up and for many years I taught
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Criticism Foundation Inadequate Weight
When my information changes, I alter my conclusions. What do you do, sir?
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Change Conclusion Information Yourself
Whenever you save five shillings you put a man out of work for a day.
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Day Save Work Yourself
Obstinacy can bring only a penalty and no reward.
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Obstinate Penalty Reward
Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally.
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Convention Failure Teaching Wisdom World
All production is for the purpose of ultimately satisfying a consumer.
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Consumer Purpose Satisfaction
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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Agreement Move Philosophy Virtual
The treasury could fill old bottles with banknotes and bury them, and leave it to private enterprises on well-tried principles of laissez-faire to dig the notes up again.
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Bury Enterprise Principle Private Treasure
Once doubt begins it spreads rapidly.
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Beginning Doubt Fast Spread
Never in history was there a method devised of such efficacy for setting each country’s advantage at variance with its neighbours’ as the international gold (or, formerly, silver) standard.
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Gold History International Method Standard
The numeric system was invented to help man to put order in the chaos of the world.
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Chaos Help Invention Man System World
Logic , like lyrical poetry , is no employment for the middle-aged.
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Age Employment Logic Lyrics Poetry

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