The study of economics does not seem to require any specialised gifts of an unusually high order.
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNESThe power to become habituated to his surroundings is a marked characteristic of mankind.
More John Maynard Keynes Quotes
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The idea behind stamped money is sound.
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The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping the old ones, which ramify, for those brought up as most of us have been, into every corner of our minds.
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It’s not bringing in the new ideas that’s so hard; it’s getting rid of the old ones.
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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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In truth, the gold standard is already a barbarous relic.
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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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The forces of the nineteenth century have run their course and are exhausted.
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It is generally agreed that casinos should, in the public interest, be inaccessible and expensive. And perhaps the same is true of Stock Exchanges.
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The expected never happens; it is the unexpected always.
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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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I think that Capitalism, wisely managed, can probably be made more efficient for attaining economic ends than any alternative system yet in sight, but that in itself is in many ways extremely objectionable.
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There is nothing so disastrous as a rational investment policy in an irrational world.
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There is no harm in being sometimes wrong – especially if one is promptly found out.
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It is astonishing what foolish things one can temporarily believe if one thinks too long alone, particularly in economics.
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When I find new information I change my mind; What do you do?
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