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Quotes from The End of Laissez-faire — John Maynard Keynes

1883–1946 England

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Many of the greatest economic evils of our time are the fruits of risk, uncertainty, and ignorance.

The End of Laissez-faire (1926)

It is not true that individuals possess a prescriptive "natural liberty" in their economic activities. There is no "compact" conferring perpetual rights on those who Have or on those who Acquire.

The End of Laissez-faire (1926)

The important thing for Government is not to do things which individuals are doing already... but to do those things which at present are not done at all.

The End of Laissez-faire (1926)

The time has... come when each country needs a considered national policy about what size of Population... is most expedient.

The End of Laissez-faire (1926)

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