John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes

John Kenneth Galbraith
John Kenneth Galbraith
American Economist
Born: Oct 15, 1908
Died: Apr 29, 2006
Economics Few Great People Politics You
Related authors: Alan Greenspan Herbert A. Simon Milton Friedman Paul A. Volcker Peter Navarro Richard Thaler Robert Reich Thomas Sowell
War remains the decisive human failure. John Kenneth Galbraith
War Failure Remains Human Decisive
Liberalism is, I think, resurgent. One reason is that more and more people are so painfully aware of the alternative. John Kenneth Galbraith
Politics People Think Liberalism More More And More More People Alternative Painfully Reason Aware
The commencement speech is not, I think, a wholly satisfactory manifestation of our culture. John Kenneth Galbraith
Culture Think Our Commencement Manifestation Wholly Satisfactory Speech
We have escapist fiction, so why not escapist biography? John Kenneth Galbraith
Escapist Fiction Why Why Not Biography
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
Economics Few Resonant Minds Ears Say Topics Response Boredom Cliche Advised Practiced None Audience Subject Off Conducive American American Audience Turning Ill Profoundly
Power is not something that can be assumed or discarded at will like underwear. John Kenneth Galbraith
Will Power Assumed Something Like Discarded Underwear
The Metropolis should have been aborted long before it became New York, London or Tokyo. John Kenneth Galbraith
Long Before London New Became Been Metropolis York New York Should Tokyo
By all but the pathologically romantic, it is now recognized that this is not the age of the small man. John Kenneth Galbraith
Man Age Recognized Small Romantic Now
People who are in a fortunate position always attribute virtue to what makes them so happy. John Kenneth Galbraith
Happy People Virtue Attribute Makes Always Them Fortunate Who Position
Few can believe that suffering, especially by others, is in vain. Anything that is disagreeable must surely have beneficial economic effects. John Kenneth Galbraith
Suffering Few Believe Vain Others Beneficial Must Economic Disagreeable Surely Effects Anything
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