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I was brought up in southwestern Ontario where we were taught that Canadian patriotism should not withstand anything more than a five-dollar-a-month wage differential. Anything more than that and you...

J. K. Galbraith

I was brought up in southwestern Ontario where we were taught that Canadian patriotism should not withstand anything more than a five-dollar-a-month wage differential. Anything more than that and you...

Tags: canada, canadians

Few people at the beginning of the nineteenth century needed an adman to tell them what they wanted.

J. K. Galbraith

Few people at the beginning of the nineteenth century needed an adman to tell them what they wanted.

Tags: advertising

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J. K. Galbraith is the name of:

John Kenneth Galbraith (1908–2006), Canadian economist and public official
James K. Galbraith (born 1952), American economist

Washington is a place where men praise courage and act on elaborate personal cost-benefit calculations.

J. K. Galbraith

Washington is a place where men praise courage and act on elaborate personal cost-benefit calculations.

Tags: america, americans

People of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage.

J. K. Galbraith

People of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage.

Tags: capitalism

In economics the majority is always wrong.

J. K. Galbraith

In economics the majority is always wrong.

Tags: capitalism

In all modern depressions recessions or growth-correction as variously they are called we never miss the goods that are not produced. We miss only the opportunities for the labour - for the jobs -...

J. K. Galbraith

In all modern depressions recessions or growth-correction as variously they are called we never miss the goods that are not produced. We miss only the opportunities for the labour - for the jobs -...

Tags: capitalism

No intelligence system can predict what a government will do if it doesn't know itself.

J. K. Galbraith

No intelligence system can predict what a government will do if it doesn't know itself.

Tags: government, rule

Humour is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in gaining and holding attention. But it has no persuasive value at all.

J. K. Galbraith

Humour is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in gaining and holding attention. But it has no persuasive value at all.

Tags: humour, humorists

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 wel...

J. K. Galbraith

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 wel...

Tags: politeness, manners

The conspicuously wealthy turn up urging the character-building value of privation for the poor.

J. K. Galbraith

The conspicuously wealthy turn up urging the character-building value of privation for the poor.

Tags: poverty

Technology means the systematic application of scientific or other organized knowledge to practical tasks.

J. K. Galbraith

Technology means the systematic application of scientific or other organized knowledge to practical tasks.

Tags: science, technology

The more underdeveloped the country the more overdeveloped the women.

J. K. Galbraith

The more underdeveloped the country the more overdeveloped the women.

Tags: women