There is nothing so disastrous as a rational investment policy in an irrational world.
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES- The engine which drives enterprise is not thrift, but profit.
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The engine which drives enterprise is not thrift, but profit.
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There is nothing so disastrous as a rational investment policy in an irrational world.
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The expected never happens; it is the unexpected always.
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNESThe expected never happens; it is the unexpected always.
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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.
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNESIt 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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Well, when I get new information, I rethink my position. What, sir, do you do with new information?
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNESWell, when I get new information, I rethink my position. What, sir, do you do with new information?
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It would not be foolish to contemplate the possibility of a far greater progress still.
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNESIt would not be foolish to contemplate the possibility of a far greater progress still.
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As time goes on, I get more and more convinced that the right method of investment is to put fairly large sums into enterprises which one thinks one knows something about and in the management of which one thoroughly believes.
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It is the long-term investor, who will in practice come in for the most criticism… For it is the essence of his behavior that he should be eccentric, unconventional, and rash in the eyes of average opinion.
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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.
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNESIf 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 believe that the future will learn more from the spirit of Gesell than from that of Marx .
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNESI believe that the future will learn more from the spirit of Gesell than from that of Marx .
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If human nature felt no temptation to take a chance there might not be much investment merely as a result of cold calculation.
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNESIf human nature felt no temptation to take a chance there might not be much investment merely as a result of cold calculation.
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Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest of men, for the nastiest of reasons, will somehow work for the benefit of us all.
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNESCapitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest of men, for the nastiest of reasons, will somehow work for the benefit of us all.
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For at least another hundred years we must pretend to ourselves and to every one that fair is foul and foul is fair; for foul is useful and fair is not. Avarice and usury and precaution must be our gods for a little longer still.
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNESFor at least another hundred years we must pretend to ourselves and to every one that fair is foul and foul is fair; for foul is useful and fair is not. Avarice and usury and precaution must be our gods for a little longer still.
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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?
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNESBut 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 friends of gold will have to be extremely wise and moderate if they are to avoid a revolution.
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When my information changes, I alter my conclusions. What do you do, sir?
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNESWhen my information changes, I alter my conclusions. What do you do, sir?
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The importance of money flows from it being a link between the present and the future.
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNESThe importance of money flows from it being a link between the present and the future.
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