Education: the inculcation of the incomprehensible into the indifferent by the incompetent.

Quote by John Maynard Keynes

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For at least another hundred years we must pretend to ourselves and to every one...

For at least another hundred years we must pretend to ourselves and to every one...

The love of money as a possession - as distinguished from the love of money...

The love of money as a possession - as distinguished from the love of money...

If I owe you a pound, I have a problem; but if I owe you...

If I owe you a pound, I have a problem; but if I owe you...

The importance of money flows from it being a link between the present and the...

The importance of money flows from it being a link between the present and the...

I work for a Government I despise for ends I think criminal.

I work for a Government I despise for ends I think criminal.

By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part...

By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part...

The day is not far off when the economic problem will take the back seat...

The day is not far off when the economic problem will take the back seat...

Long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are...

Long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are...

There is no harm in being sometimes wrong- especially if one is promptly found out.

There is no harm in being sometimes wrong- especially if one is promptly found out.

The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward.

The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward.

Like Odysseus, the President looked wiser when he was seated.

Like Odysseus, the President looked wiser when he was seated.

Most men love money and security more, and creation and construction less, as they get...

Most men love money and security more, and creation and construction less, as they get...

Nothing mattered except states of mind, chiefly our own.

Nothing mattered except states of mind, chiefly our own.

Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most...

Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most...

Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most...

Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most...

It would not be foolish to contemplate the possibility of a far greater progress still.

It would not be foolish to contemplate the possibility of a far greater progress still.

The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old...

The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old...

The power of vested interests is vastly exaggerated compared with the gradual encroachment of ideas

The power of vested interests is vastly exaggerated compared with the gradual encroachment of ideas

A person with a hundred interests is twice as alive as one with only fifty...

A person with a hundred interests is twice as alive as one with only fifty...

There are two levers for moving men: interest and fear.

There are two levers for moving men: interest and fear.