Of all classes the rich are the most noticed and the least studied.

Quote by John Kenneth Galbraith

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Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in...

Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in...

There are times in politics when you must be on the right side and lose.

There are times in politics when you must be on the right side and lose.

A bad book is the worse that it cannot repent. It has not been the...

A bad book is the worse that it cannot repent. It has not been the...

War remains the decisive human failure.

War remains the decisive human failure.

By all but the pathologically romantic, it is now recognized that this is not the...

By all but the pathologically romantic, it is now recognized that this is not the...

It would be foolish to suggest that government is a good custodian of aesthetic goals....

It would be foolish to suggest that government is a good custodian of aesthetic goals....

Few people at the beginning of the nineteenth century needed an adman to tell them...

Few people at the beginning of the nineteenth century needed an adman to tell them...

Liberalism is, I think, resurgent. One reason is that more and more people are so...

Liberalism is, I think, resurgent. One reason is that more and more people are so...

The process by which banks create money is so simple that the mind is repelled.

The process by which banks create money is so simple that the mind is repelled.

Wealth is not without its advantages and the case to the contrary, although it has...

Wealth is not without its advantages and the case to the contrary, although it has...

Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in...

Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in...

We have escapist fiction, so why not escapist biography?

We have escapist fiction, so why not escapist biography?

The total alteration in underlying circumstances has not been squarely faced, As a result, we...

The total alteration in underlying circumstances has not been squarely faced, As a result, we...

Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.

Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.

There is something wonderful in seeing a wrong-headed majority assailed by truth.

There is something wonderful in seeing a wrong-headed majority assailed by truth.

Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite.

Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite.

Few people at the beginning of the nineteenth century needed an adman to tell them...

Few people at the beginning of the nineteenth century needed an adman to tell them...

In economics, the majority is always wrong.

In economics, the majority is always wrong.

To paraphrase Winston Churchill, I did not take the oath I have just taken with...

To paraphrase Winston Churchill, I did not take the oath I have just taken with...

To paraphrase Winston Churchill, I did not take the oath I have just taken with...

To paraphrase Winston Churchill, I did not take the oath I have just taken with...