Never in history was there a method devised of such efficacy for setting each country’s advantage at variance with its neighbours’ as the international gold (or, formerly, silver) standard.
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNESPerhaps it is historically true that no order of society ever perishes save by its own hand.
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All production is for the purpose of ultimately satisfying a consumer.
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The political problem of mankind is to combine three things: economic efficiency, social justice and individual liberty.
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But whilst there may be intrinsic reasons for the scarcity of land, there are no intrinsic reasons for the scarcity of capital.
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Markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent.
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When I find new information I change my mind; What do you do?
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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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The central principle of investment is to go contrary to the general opinion, on the grounds that if everyone agreed about its merits, the investment is inevitably too dear and therefore unattractive.
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Ideas shape the course of history.
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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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It would be foolish, in forming our expectations, to attach great weight to matters which are very uncertain.
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The idea behind stamped money is sound.
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But the dreams of designing diplomats do not always prosper, and we must trust the future .
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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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Ideas, knowledge, art, hospitality, travel – these are things which should in their nature be international. But let goods be homespun whenever it is reasonably and conveniently possible and above all let finance be primarily national.
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The expected never happens; it is the unexpected always.
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