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John Kenneth Galbraith was a renowned economist known for his research on economic cycles, market structures, and government policies. His works have had a profound impact on economic theory and policy practice.

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“No hungry man who is also sober can be persuaded to use his last dollar for anything but food.”

Men Use Lasts Dollars Hunger Hungry Sober Hungry Man

Book:the new industrial state

Source: the new industrial state

“The questions that are beyond the reach of economics-the beauty, dignity, pleasure and durability of life-may be inconvenient but they are important.”

May Important Pleasure Economics Dignity Questioning Inquiry Inconvenient Durability

Book:the new industrial state

Source: the new industrial state

“According to the experience of all but the most accomplished jugglers, it is easier to keep one ball in the air than many.”

Opinion Air Easier Balls Accomplished Public Opinion Jugglers

Book:the new industrial state

Source: the new industrial state

“Economists, on the whole, think well of what they do themselves and much less well of what their professional colleagues do.”

Thinking Wells Whole Colleagues Economist Scholarship

Book:the new industrial state

Source: the new industrial state

“Authorship of any sort is a fantastic indulgence of the ego.”

Writing Ego Fantastic Indulgence Authorship

Book:The affluent society

Source: The affluent society

“The individual serves the planning system not by supplying it with savings and the resulting capital; he serves it far more by consuming its products.”

Individual Products Saving Consumerism Savings Consuming

Author:John Kenneth Galbraith

“Inventions that are not made, like babies that are not born, are rarely missed. In the absence of new developments, old ones may seem very impressive for quite a long while.”

May Long Made Seems Science Born Baby Development Absence Invention Impressive Very Impressive

Book:The affluent society

Source: The affluent society

“Financial operations do not lend themselves to innovation. What is recurrently so described and celebrated is, without exception, a small variation on an established design . . . The world of finance hails the invention of the wheel over and over again, often in a slightly more unstable version.”

World Design Innovation Financial Invention Versions Finance Operations Wheels Exception Variation Skeptical Unstable Hail

Author:John Kenneth Galbraith

About the Author

Born: October 15, 1908
Died: April 29, 2006
Known for: Economist
Quotes: 408

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