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

~John Kenneth Galbraith

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

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

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If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old.

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It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put out on the troubled seas of thought.

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All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.

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Meetings are indispensable when you don't want to do anything.

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In all life one should comfort the afflicted, but verily, also, one should afflict the comfortable, and especially when they are comfortably, contentedly, even happily wrong.

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

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The salary of the chief executive of a large corporation is not a market award for achievement. It is frequently in the nature of a warm personal gesture by the individual to himself.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Economist

Born: October 15th, 1908

Died: April 29th, 2006

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