John Kenneth Galbraith – Quotes Lover

In economics, the majority is always wrong.

#John Kenneth Galbraith

In economics, the majority is always wrong.

In the choice between changing ones mind and proving there's no need to do so,...

#John Kenneth Galbraith

In the choice between changing ones mind and proving there's no need to do so,...

In the United States, though power corrupts, the expectation of power paralyzes.

#John Kenneth Galbraith

In the United States, though power corrupts, the expectation of power paralyzes.

It has been the acknowledged right of every Marxist scholar to read into Marx the...

#John Kenneth Galbraith

It has been the acknowledged right of every Marxist scholar to read into Marx the...

It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than...

#John Kenneth Galbraith

It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than...

In economics, hope and faith coexist with great scientific pretension and also a deep desire...

#John Kenneth Galbraith

In economics, hope and faith coexist with great scientific pretension and also a deep desire...

The conspicuously wealthy turn up urging the character building values of the privation of the...

#John Kenneth Galbraith

The conspicuously wealthy turn up urging the character building values of the privation of the...

The enemy of the conventional wisdom is not ideas but the march of events.

#John Kenneth Galbraith

The enemy of the conventional wisdom is not ideas but the march of events.

The great dialectic in our time is not, as anciently and by some still supposed,...

#John Kenneth Galbraith

The great dialectic in our time is not, as anciently and by some still supposed,...

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

#John Kenneth Galbraith

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

The Metropolis should have been aborted long before it became New York, London or Tokyo.

#John Kenneth Galbraith

The Metropolis should have been aborted long before it became New York, London or Tokyo.

War remains the decisive human failure.

#John Kenneth Galbraith

War remains the decisive human failure.

The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.

#John Kenneth Galbraith

The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.

We all agree that pessimism is a mark of superior intellect.

#John Kenneth Galbraith

We all agree that pessimism is a mark of superior intellect.

The salary of the chief executive of a large corporation is not a market award...

#John Kenneth Galbraith

The salary of the chief executive of a large corporation is not a market award...

We have escapist fiction, so why not escapist biography?

#John Kenneth Galbraith

We have escapist fiction, so why not escapist biography?

There are few ironclad rules of diplomacy but to one there is no exception. When...

#John Kenneth Galbraith

There are few ironclad rules of diplomacy but to one there is no exception. When...

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

#John Kenneth Galbraith

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