Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it’s just the opposite. John Kenneth Galbraith Read Quote
The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable. John Kenneth Galbraith Read Quote
Faced with the choice between changing one’s mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof. John Kenneth Galbraith Read Quote
Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists. John Kenneth Galbraith Read Quote
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. John Kenneth Galbraith Read Quote
Politics is the art of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable. John Kenneth Galbraith Read Quote
The process by which banks create money is so simple that the mind is repelled. John Kenneth Galbraith Read Quote
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man’s oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith Read Quote