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“To add to the technostructure is to increase its power in the enterprise.”

Quote by John Kenneth Galbraith

Book:the new industrial state

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the new industrial state

A comprehensive analysis of the evolution of industrial sectors and the economic changes they bring, focusing on the impact of technological advancements and policy decisions. more

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John Kenneth Galbraith

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

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Book:the new industrial state

Source: the new industrial state

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Book:Money: Whence It Came, Where It Went

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“Few things in life can be so appalling as the difference between a dry antiseptic statement of a principle by a well spoken man in a quiet office, and what happens to people when that principle is put into practice.”

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“Ideas may be superior to vested interest. They are also very often the children of vested interest.”

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“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.”

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“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.”

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