Author: John Maynard Keynes

Quotes

By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens.

By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens.

- John Maynard Keynes

A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the emancipation of the mind.

A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the emancipation of the mind.

- John Maynard Keynes

Ideas shape the course of history.

Ideas shape the course of history.

- John Maynard Keynes

Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone.

Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone.

- John Maynard Keynes

It is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil.

It is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil.

- John Maynard Keynes

The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward.

The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward.

- John Maynard Keynes

The disruptive powers of excessive national fecundity may have played a greater part in bursting the bonds of convention than either the power of ideas or the errors of autocracy.

The disruptive powers of excessive national fecundity may have played a greater part in bursting the bonds of convention than either the power of ideas or the errors of autocracy.

- John Maynard Keynes

The social object of skilled investment should be to defeat the dark forces of time and ignorance which envelope our future.

The social object of skilled investment should be to defeat the dark forces of time and ignorance which envelope our future.

- John Maynard Keynes

I work for a Government I despise for ends I think criminal.

I work for a Government I despise for ends I think criminal.

- John Maynard Keynes

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