It is astonishing what foolish things one can temporarily believe if one thinks too long alone, particularly in economics.
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNESThe considerations upon which expectations of prospective yields are based are partly existing facts which we can assume to be known more or less for certain, and partly future events which can only be forecasted with more or less confidence.
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The considerations upon which expectations of prospective yields are based are partly existing facts which we can assume to be known more or less for certain, and partly future events which can only be forecasted with more or less confidence.
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The glory of the nation you love is a desirable end, – but generally to be obtained at your neighbor’s expense.
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One’s knowledge and experience are definitely limited and there are seldom more than two or three enterprises at any given time in which I personally feel myself entitled to put full confidence.
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When somebody persuades me I am wrong, I change my mind.
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An investor who proposes to ignore near-term market fluctuations needs greater resources for safety and must not operate on so large a scale, if at all, with borrowed money.
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The principle objectives in life are love, the creation and enjoyment if aesthetic experience, the pursuit of knowledge. Love comes a long way first.
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The biggest problem is not to let people accept new ideas, but to let them forget the old ones.
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Economics is a very dangerous science.
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Conservatism leads nowhere; it satisfies no ideal.
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If we consistently act on the optimistic hypothesis, this hypothesis will tend to be realised; whilst by acting on the pessimistic hypothesis we can keep ourselves for ever in the pit of want.
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Well, when I get new information, I rethink my position. What, sir, do you do with new information?
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The atomic hypothesis which had worked so splendidly in Physics breaks down in Psychics.
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The importance of money flows from it being a link between the present and the future.
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The introduction of a substantial Government transfer tax on all transactions might prove the most serviceable reform available,with a view to mitigating the predominance of speculation in the United States.
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There is nothing so disastrous as a rational investment policy in an irrational world.
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