But whilst there may be intrinsic reasons for the scarcity of land, there are no intrinsic reasons for the scarcity of capital.
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNESIdeas, knowledge, art, hospitality, travel – these are things which should in their nature be international. But let goods be homespun whenever it is reasonably and conveniently possible and above all let finance be primarily national.
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Americans are apt to be unduly interested in discovering what average opinion believes average opinion to be.
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The power to become habituated to his surroundings is a marked characteristic of mankind.
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A speculator is one who runs risks of which he is aware and an investor is one who runs risks of which he is unaware.
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I work for a Government I despise for ends I think criminal.
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It is a good thing to make mistakes so long as you’re found out quickly.
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The businessman is only tolerable so long as his gains can be held to bear some relation to what, roughly and in some sense, his activities have contributed to society.
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When I find new information I change my mind; What do you do?
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The idea behind stamped money is sound.
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The importance of money flows from it being a link between the present and the future.
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Gold is a relic from a time when government’s were less trustworthy in these matters (currency debasement) than they are now.
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Ideas, knowledge, art, hospitality, travel – these are things which should in their nature be international. But let goods be homespun whenever it is reasonably and conveniently possible and above all let finance be primarily national.
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The duty of “saving” became nine-tenths of virtue and the growth of the cake the object of true religion.
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When the final result is expected to be a compromise, it is often prudent to start from an extreme position.
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To our generation Einstein has been made to become a double symbol – a symbol of the mind travelling in the cold regions of space, and a symbol of the brave and generous outcast, pure in heart and cheerful of spirit.
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The study of economics does not seem to require any specialised gifts of an unusually high order.
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