The immense accumulations of fixed capital which, to the great benefit of mankind, were built up during the half century before the war, could never have come about in a Society where wealth was divided equitably.
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNESThe engine which drives enterprise is not thrift, but profit.
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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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It is investment, i.e. the increased production of material wealth in the shape of capital goods, which alone increases national wealth.
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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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Investment based on genuine long-term expectations is so difficult today as to be scarcely practicable.
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Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone.
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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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The markets are moved by animal spirits, and not by reason.
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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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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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There is no intrinsic reason for the scarcity of capital.
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It is a mistake to think that one limits one’s risk by spreading too much between enterprises about which one knows little and has no reason for special confidence.
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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 engine which drives enterprise is not thrift, but profit.
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One’s knowledge and experience are definitely limited and there are seldom more than two or three enterprises at any given time in which I personally feel myself entitled to put full confidence.
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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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