One blames politicians, not for inconsistency but for obstinacy. They are the interpreters, not the masters, of our fate. It is their job, in fact, to register the fact accomplished.
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNESIt is astonishing what foolish things one can temporarily believe if one thinks too long alone, particularly in economics.
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When the facts change, I change my mind.
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A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the emancipation of the mind.
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The decadent international but individualistic capitalism in the hands of which we found ourselves after the war is not a success. It is not intelligent. It is not beautiful. It is not just. It is not virtuous. And it doesn’t deliver the goods.
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I believe that the future will learn more from the spirit of Gesell than from that of Marx .
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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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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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It is a good thing to make mistakes so long as you’re found out quickly.
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The forces of the nineteenth century have run their course and are exhausted.
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Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assault of thoughts on the unthinking.
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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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I work for a Government I despise for ends I think criminal.
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When my information changes, I alter my conclusions. What do you do, sir?
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Perhaps a day might come when there would be at last be enough to go round, and when posterity could enter into the enjoyment of our labors.
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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 duty of “saving” became nine-tenths of virtue and the growth of the cake the object of true religion.
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