In the long run we are all dead.

Quote by John Maynard Keynes

Topics: John Maynard Keynes Quotes

If economists could manage to get themselves thought of as humble, competent people on a...

If economists could manage to get themselves thought of as humble, competent people on a...

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.

The decadent international but individualistic capitalism in the hands of which we found ourselves after...

The decadent international but individualistic capitalism in the hands of which we found ourselves after...

The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency. By a...

The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency. By a...

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

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

Education is the inculcation of the incomprehensible into the indifferent by the incompetent

Education is the inculcation of the incomprehensible into the indifferent by the incompetent

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 difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping the old ones, which...

The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping the old ones, which...

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 biggest problem is not to let people accept new ideas, but to let them...

The biggest problem is not to let people accept new ideas, but to let them...

Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assaults of thoughts on...

Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assaults of thoughts on...

It is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil.

It is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil.

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 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...

The disruptive powers of excessive national fecundity may have played a greater part in bursting...

The disruptive powers of excessive national fecundity may have played a greater part in bursting...

Americans are apt to be unduly interested in discovering what average opinion believes average opinion...

Americans are apt to be unduly interested in discovering what average opinion believes average opinion...

Successful investing is anticipating the anticipations of others.

Successful investing is anticipating the anticipations of others.

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...

Believe you are defeated, believe it long enough, and it is likely to become a...

Believe you are defeated, believe it long enough, and it is likely to become a...

Hope unbelieved is always considered nonsense. But hope believed is history in the process of...

Hope unbelieved is always considered nonsense. But hope believed is history in the process of...

The cure for capitalism's failing would require that a government would have to rise above...

The cure for capitalism's failing would require that a government would have to rise above...