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Quote by John Kenneth Galbraith

“Nothing is more portable than rich people and their money”

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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. more

“I've long believed alas, that in highly organized industrial societies, capitalist or socialist, the stronger tendency is to converge - that if steel or automobiles are wanted and must be made on a large scale, the process will stamp its imprint on the society, whether that me be Magnitogorsk or Gary, Indiana.”

Ifs Long Made Wanted Process Stronger Scales Tendencies Organized Capitalist Socialist Steel Stamps Alas Automobile Indiana Gary Large Scale

Author:John Kenneth Galbraith

“But there is merit even in the mentally retarded legislator. He asks the questions that everyone is afraid to ask for fear of seeming simple.”

Asks Simple Merit Seeming Legislators Retarded Mentally Retarded

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“The line dividing the state from what is called private enterprise, orat least fromthehighlyorganized part of it, is a traditional fiction.”

States Lines Fiction Traditional Enterprise Dividing Private Enterprise

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“You roll back the stones, and you find slithering things. That is the world of Richard Nixon.”

World Politics Stones

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“Do not be alarmed by simplification, complexity is often a device for claiming sophistication, or for evading simple truths.”

Simple Complexity Devices Sophistication Simplification Simple Truths

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“Whether it's Google or Apple or free software, we've got some fantastic competitors and it keeps us on our toes.”

Money Business Fantastic Apples Software Google Toes Competitors Motivational Business

Author:Bill Gates

“Writing is a long and lonesome business; back of the problems in thought and composition hover always the awful questions: Is this the page that shows the empty shell? Is it here and now that they find me out?”

Writing Long Shows Problem Pages Empty Awful Shells Composition Find Me Here And Now Lonesome Empty Shell

Book:THE GREAT CRASH 1929

Source: THE GREAT CRASH 1929

“Clerks in downtown hotels were said to be asking guests whether they wished the room for sleeping or jumping. Two men jumped hand-in-hand from a high window in the Ritz. They had a joint account.”

Men Said Two Hands Sleep Rooms Window Accounts Asking Hotel Guests Jumping Joints Hand In Hand Downtown Clerks Ritz

Book:THE GREAT CRASH 1929

Source: THE GREAT CRASH 1929

Quote by John Kenneth Galbraith

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