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John Maynard Keynes quotes

English Economist June 5, 1883 – April 21, 1946

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John Maynard Keynes quote: "Most men love money and security more, and creation and..."
Most men love money and security more, and creation and construction less, as they get older. John Maynard Keynes
The day is not far off when the economic problem will take the back seat where it belongs, and the arena of the heart and the head will be occupied or reoccupied, by our real problems - the problems of life and of human relations, of creation and behavior and religion. John Maynard Keynes
The decadent international but individualistic capitalism in the hands of which we found ourselves after the war is not a success. It is not intelligent. It is not beautiful. It is not just. It is not virtuous. And it doesn't deliver the goods. John Maynard Keynes
John Maynard Keynes quote: "When the final result is expected to be a compromise, it is..."
When the final result is expected to be a compromise, it is often prudent to start from an extreme position. John Maynard Keynes
I find economics increasingly satisfactory, and I think I am rather good at it. I want to manage a railroad or organise a Trust or at least swindle the investing public John Maynard Keynes
John Maynard Keynes quote: "Successful investing is anticipating the anticipations of others."
Successful investing is anticipating the anticipations of others. John Maynard Keynes
John Maynard Keynes quote: "The social object of skilled investment should be to defeat..."
The social object of skilled investment should be to defeat the dark forces of time and ignorance which envelope our future. John Maynard Keynes
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
John Maynard Keynes quote: "When somebody persuades me I am wrong, I change my mind."
When somebody persuades me I am wrong, I change my mind. John Maynard Keynes
John Maynard Keynes quote: "When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?"
When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir? John Maynard Keynes
Newton was not the first of the age of reason. He was the last of the magicians, the last of the Babylonians and Sumerians, the last great mind that looked out on the visible and intellectual world with the same eyes as those who began to build our intellectual inheritance rather less than 10,000 years ago. John Maynard Keynes
Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone. John Maynard Keynes
John Maynard Keynes quote: "It is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for..."
It is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil. John Maynard Keynes
John Maynard Keynes quote: "Education: the inculcation of the incomprehensible into the..."
Education: the inculcation of the incomprehensible into the indifferent by the incompetent. John Maynard Keynes
John Maynard Keynes quote: "I work for a Government I despise for ends I think criminal."
I work for a Government I despise for ends I think criminal. John Maynard Keynes

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