John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes & Sayings
60 most famous John Kenneth Galbraith quotes and sayings (economist). These are the first 10 quotes we have.
“The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.”
“Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite.”
“Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.”
“Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof.”
“Meetings are indispensable when you don't want to do anything.”
“It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put out on the troubled seas of thought.”
“The salary of the chief executive of a large corporation is not a market award for achievement. It is frequently in the nature of a warm personal gesture by the individual to himself.”
“All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.”
“The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.”
“The conspicuously wealthy turn up urging the character building values of the privation of the poor.”
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