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John Maynard Keynes quotes

English Economist June 5, 1883 – April 21, 1946

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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 Keynes
So it is not an accident that the Nazi lads vent a particular fury against (Einstein). He does truly stand for what they most dislike, the opposite of the blond beast intellectualist, individualist, supernationalist, pacifist, inky, plump... How should they know the glory of the free-ranging intellect and soft objective sympathy to whom money and violence, drink and blood and pomp, mean absolutely nothing? John Maynard Keynes
If economists could manage to get themselves thought of as humble, competent people on a level with dentists, that would be splendid. John Maynard Keynes
John Maynard Keynes quote: "The importance of money flows from it being a link between the..."
The importance of money flows from it being a link between the present and the future. John Maynard Keynes
The disruptive powers of excessive national fecundity may have played a greater part in bursting the bonds of convention than either the power of ideas or the errors of autocracy. John Maynard Keynes
John Maynard Keynes quote: "A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary..."
A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the emancipation of the mind. John Maynard Keynes
Practical men who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist. Madmen in authority, who hear voices in the air, are distilling their frenzy from some academic scribbler of a few years back John Maynard Keynes
John Maynard Keynes quote: "In this autumn of 1919, in which I write, we are at the dead..."
In this autumn of 1919, in which I write, we are at the dead season of our fortunes. John Maynard Keynes
John Maynard Keynes quote: "The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in..."
The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old ones. John Maynard Keynes
How long will it be necessary to pay City men so entirely out of proportion to what other servants of society commonly receive for performing social services not less useful or difficult? John Maynard Keynes
John Maynard Keynes quote: "With the breakdown of money economy the practice of..."
With the breakdown of money economy the practice of international barter is becoming prevalent. John Maynard Keynes
Too large a proportion of recent "mathematical" economics are mere concoctions, as imprecise as the initial assumptions they rest on, which allow the author to lose sight of the complexities and interdependencies of the real world in a maze of pretentious and unhelpful symbols. John Maynard Keynes
John Maynard Keynes quote: "Long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long..."
Long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead. John Maynard Keynes
John Maynard Keynes quote: "The long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the..."
The long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead. John Maynard Keynes
John Maynard Keynes quote: "In the long run we are all dead."
In the long run we are all dead. John Maynard Keynes

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