Economics is a very dangerous science.
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNESNothing mattered except states of mind, chiefly our own.
More John Maynard Keynes Quotes
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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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When somebody persuades me I am wrong, I change my mind.
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Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally.
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The boom, not the slump, is the right time for austerity at the Treasury.
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When I find new information I change my mind; What do you do?
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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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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.
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If economists could manage to get themselves thought of as humble, competent people on a level with dentists, that would be splendid.
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Whenever you save five shillings you put a man out of work for a day.
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All production is for the purpose of ultimately satisfying a consumer.
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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 right remedy for the trade cycle is not to be found in abolishing booms and thus keeping us permanently in a semi-slump; but in abolishing slumps and thus keeping us permanently in a quasi-boom.
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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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I know of only three people who really understand money. A professor at another university. One of my students. And a rather junior clerk at the Bank of England.
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The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward.
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