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Economics is a subject profoundly conducive to cliche, resonant with boredom. On few topics is an American audience so practiced in turning off its ears and minds. And none can say that the response is ill advised.
John Kenneth Galbraith
John Kenneth Galbraith
John Kenneth Galbraith
Born: Oct 15, 1908
Died: Apr 29, 2006

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