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John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes

John Kenneth Galbraith quotes about business

American Economist October 15, 1908 – April 29, 2006

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Financial capacity and political perspicacity are inversely correlated. Long-run salvation by men of business has never been highly regarded if it means disturbance of orderly life and convenience in the present. So inaction will be advocated in the present even though it means deep trouble in the future. Here, at least equally with Communism, lies the threat to Capitalism. It is what causes men who know that things are going quite wrong to say that things are fundamentally sound. John Kenneth Galbraith
John Kenneth Galbraith quote: "In the choice between changing ones mind and proving there's..."
In the choice between changing ones mind and proving there's no need to do so, most people get busy on the proof. John Kenneth Galbraith
John Kenneth Galbraith quote: "Faced with the choice between changing one’s mind and proving..."
Faced with the choice between changing one’s mind and proving there is no need to do so, most people get busy on the proof. John Kenneth Galbraith
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. John Kenneth Galbraith

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