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If there must be madness, some...

If there must be madness, something may be said for having it on a heroic scale

John Galbraith 445 quotes

Wisdom... is often an abstract...

Wisdom... is often an abstraction associated not with fact or reality but with the man who asserts it and the manner of its assertion.

John Galbraith 445 quotes

Man, at least when educated, i...

Man, at least when educated, is a pessimist. He believes it safer not to reflect on his achievements; Jove is known to strike such people down.

John Galbraith 445 quotes

Mr. David Stockman has said th...

Mr. David Stockman has said that supply-side economics was merely a cover for the trickle-down approach to economic policyЂ'what an older and less elegant generation called the horse-and-sparrow theory: If you feed the horse enough oats, some will pass through to the road for the sparrows.

John Galbraith 445 quotes

Men have been swindled by othe...

Men have been swindled by other men on many occasions. The autumn of 1929 was, perhaps, the first occasion when men succeeded on a large scale in swindling themselves.

John Galbraith 445 quotes

Even in such a time of madness...

Even in such a time of madness as the late twenties, a great many man in Wall Street remained quite sane. But they also remained very quiet. The sense of responsibility in the financial community for the community as a whole is not small. It is nearly nil. Perhaps this is inherent. In a community where the primary concern is making money, one of the necessary rules is to live and let live. To speak out against madness may be to ruin those who have succumbed to it. So the wise in Wall Street are nearly always silent. Th

John Galbraith 445 quotes

More investment trusts securit...

More investment trusts securities were offered in September of 1929 even than in August - the total was above $600 million. However, the nearly simultaneous promotion of Shenandoah and Blue Ridge was to stand as the pinnacle of new era finance. It is difficult not to marvel at the imagination which was implicit in this gargantuan insanity. If there must be madness something may be said for having it on a heroic scale.

John Galbraith 445 quotes

We live surrounded by a system...

We live surrounded by a systematic appeal to a dream world which all mature, scientific reality would reject. We, quite literally, advertise our commitment to immaturity, mendacity and profound gullibility. It is as the hallmark of the culture. And it is justified as being economically indispensable.

John Galbraith 445 quotes

Partly, the Russian system suc...

Partly, the Russian system succeeds because, in contrast to the Western industrial economies, it makes full use of its manpower.

John Galbraith 445 quotes

Money is what fueled the indus...

Money is what fueled the industrial society. But in the informational society, the fuel, the power, is knowledge. One has now come to see a new class structure divided by those who have information and those who must function out of ignorance. This new class has its power not from money, not from land, but from knowledge.

John Galbraith 445 quotes

To see economic policy as a pr...

To see economic policy as a problem of choice between rival ideologies is the greatest error of our time.

John Galbraith 445 quotes

The privileged have regularly ...

The privileged have regularly invited their own destruction with their greed.

John Galbraith 445 quotes

There can be few fields of hum...

There can be few fields of human endeavor in which history counts for so little as in the world of finance.Past experience, to the extent that it is part of memory at all, is dismissed as the primitive refuge of the those who do not have insight to appreciate the incredible wonders of the present.

John Galbraith 445 quotes

In central banking as in diplo...

In central banking as in diplomacy, style, conservative tailoring, and an easy association with the affluent count greatly and results far much less.

John Galbraith 445 quotes

I have never understood why on...

I have never understood why one's affections must be confined, as once with women, to a single country.

John Galbraith 445 quotes

If a man didn't make sense, th...

If a man didn't make sense, the Scotch felt it was misplaced politeness to try to keep him from knowing it. Better that he be aware of his reputation, for this would encourage reticence which goes well with stupidity.

John Galbraith 445 quotes

The more underdeveloped the co...

The more underdeveloped the country, the more overdeveloped the women.

John Galbraith 445 quotes

Where humor is concerned there...

Where humor is concerned there are no standards - no one can say what is good or bad, although you can be sure that everyone will.

John Galbraith 445 quotes

There is a common tendency to ...

There is a common tendency to ignore the poor or to develop some rationalisation for the good fortune of the fortunate.

John Galbraith 445 quotes

Consumer wants can have bizarr...

Consumer wants can have bizarre, frivolous, or even immoral origins, and an admirable case can still be made for a society that seeks to satisfy them. But the case cannot stand if it is the process of satisfying wants that create the wants.

John Galbraith 445 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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