But my lord, when we addressed this issue a few years ago, didn’t you argue the other side?” He said, “That’s true, but when I get more evidence I sometimes change my mind. What do you do?
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES- I conceive, therefore, that a somewhat comprehensive socialisation of investment will prove the means of securing an approximation to full employment.
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I conceive, therefore, that a somewhat comprehensive socialisation of investment will prove the means of securing an approximation to full employment.
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But my lord, when we addressed this issue a few years ago, didn’t you argue the other side?” He said, “That’s true, but when I get more evidence I sometimes change my mind. What do you do?
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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.
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNESThe 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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Conservatism leads nowhere; it satisfies no ideal.
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNESConservatism leads nowhere; it satisfies no ideal.
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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.
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNESOne 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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It has been pointed out already that no knowledge of probabilities, less in degree than certainty, helps us to know what conclusions are true, and that there is no direct relation between the truth of a proposition and its probability. Probability begins and ends with probability.
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNESIt has been pointed out already that no knowledge of probabilities, less in degree than certainty, helps us to know what conclusions are true, and that there is no direct relation between the truth of a proposition and its probability. Probability begins and ends with probability.
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We will not have any more crashes in our time.
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNESWe will not have any more crashes in our time.
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Long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead.
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNESLong run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead.
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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.
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNESIt 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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There is no harm in being sometimes wrong – especially if one is promptly found out.
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNESThere is no harm in being sometimes wrong – especially if one is promptly found out.
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The boom, not the slump, is the right time for austerity at the Treasury.
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNESThe boom, not the slump, is the right time for austerity at the Treasury.
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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.
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNESIdeas, 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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Government machinery has been described as a marvelous labor saving device which enables ten men to do the work of one.
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNESGovernment machinery has been described as a marvelous labor saving device which enables ten men to do the work of one.
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The study of economics does not seem to require any specialised gifts of an unusually high order.
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNESThe study of economics does not seem to require any specialised gifts of an unusually high order.
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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.
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNESTo 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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The forces of the nineteenth century have run their course and are exhausted.
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNESThe forces of the nineteenth century have run their course and are exhausted.
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It is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil.
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNESIt is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil.
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