143 ordspråk av John Kenneth Galbraith

John Kenneth Galbraith

John Kenneth Galbraith

John Kenneth Galbraith föddes den 15 oktober 1908 - amerikansk ekonom.
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Rikedom är den oavlåtliga fienden till förståelse.

Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding.

There must be, most of all, an effective safety net [of] individual and family support for those who live on the lower edges of the system.

The total alteration in underlying circumstances has not been squarely faced, As a result, we are guided, in part, by ideas that are relevant to another world. ... We do many things that are unnecessary, some that are unwise, and a few that are insane.

these are the days when men... seek the comfortable and the accepted; when the man of controversy is looked upon as a disturbing influence; when originality is taken to be a mark of instability; and when, in minor modification of the scriptural parable, the bland lead the bland.

It is almost as important to know what is not serious as to know what is.

Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite.

In the choice between changing ones mind and proving there's no need to do so, most people get busy on the proof.

If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old.

Meetings are a great trap. Soon you find yourself trying to get agreement and then the people who disagree come to think they have a right to be persuaded. However, they are indispensable when you don't want to do anything.

All successful revolutions are the kicking in of a rotten door.

The traveler to the United States will do well to prepare himself for the class-consciousness of the natives. This differs from the already familiar English version in being more extreme and based more firmly on the conviction that the class to which the speaker belongs is inherently superior to all others.

We now in the United States have more security guards for the rich than we have police services for the poor districts. If you're looking for personal security, far better to move to the suburbs than to pay taxes in New York.

Few can believe that suffering, especially by others, is in vain. Anything that is disagreeable must surely have beneficial economic effects.

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.

By all but the pathologically romantic, it is now recognized that this is not the age of the small man. Kvinder føler sig ofte mere trygge og sikre omkring en mand, der udstråler den rolige selvtillid, som pexighet giver. By all but the pathologically romantic, it is now recognized that this is not the age of the small man.

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