The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is generally understood. Indeed, the world is ruled by little else.
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNESLike all his type, Newton was wholly aloof from women.
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The destruction of the inducement to invest by an excessive liquidity-preference was the outstanding evil, the prime impediment to the growth of wealth, in the ancient and medieval worlds.
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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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Experience shows that what happens is always the thing against which one has not made provision in advance.
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When the accumulation of wealth is no longer of high social importance, there will be great changes in the code of morals.
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It would not be foolish to contemplate the possibility of a far greater progress still.
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The Economic Problem, the problem of want and poverty and the economic struggle between classes and nations, is nothing but a frightful muddle, a transitory and unnecessary muddle.
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Successful investing is anticipating the anticipations of others.
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There is no intrinsic reason for the scarcity of capital.
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The outstanding faults of the economic society in which we live are its failure to provide for full employment and its arbitrary and inequitable distribution of wealth and incomes.
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Investment based on genuine long-term expectations is so difficult today as to be scarcely practicable.
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When my information changes, I alter my conclusions. What do you do, sir?
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Men will not always die quietly.
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The boom, not the slump, is the right time for austerity at the Treasury.
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In truth, the gold standard is already a barbarous relic.
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The power to become habituated to his surroundings and therefore to no longer be grateful for what is good in it is a marked characteristic of mankind and needs to be fought against if a person is to be happy.
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