When you see reference to a new paradigm you should always, under all circumstances, take cover.
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1908–2006 Canada
John Kenneth Galbraith (15 October 1908 – 29 April 2006), also known as J. K.
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Also known as: Galbraith, John Kenneth
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Wealth, in even the most improbable cases, manages to convey the aspect of intelligence.
A Journey Through Economic Time (1994)
American university presidents are a nervous breed; I have never thought well of them as a class.
The Age of Uncertainty (1977)
The Affluent Society (1958)
There is something wonderful in seeing a wrong-headed majority assailed by truth.
The process by which banks create money is so simple that the mind is repelled.
Money: Whence It Came, Where It Went (1975)
In the autumn of 1929 the mightiest of Americans were, for a brief time, revealed as human beings.
The Great Crash, 1929 (1954)
The Age of Uncertainty (1977)
Economic life, as always, is a matrix in which result becomes cause and cause becomes result.
Money: Whence It Came, Where It Went (1975)
People who are in a fortunate position always attribute virtue to what makes them so happy.
Who is king in the world of the blind when there isn't even a one eyed man?
The Age of Uncertainty (1977)
The New Industrial State (1967)
People are the common denominator of progress.
Economic Development (1964)
The Age of Uncertainty (1977)
In the assumption that power belongs as a matter of course to capital, all economists are Marxians.
The New Industrial State (1967)
The New Industrial State (1967)
The New Industrial State (1967)
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