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Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory.
John Kenneth Galbraith
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John Kenneth Galbraith
Age: 97 †
Born: 1908
Born: October 15
Died: 2006
Died: April 29
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Talk of revolution is one of avoiding reality.
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Economic theory is the most prestigious subject of instruction and study. Agricultural economics, labor economics and marketing are lower caste fields of study.
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Both we and the Soviets face the common threat of nuclear destruction and there is no likelihood that either capitalism or communism will survive a nuclear war.
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Unemployment is rarely considered desirable except by those who have not experienced it.
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We talk of the enormous virtues of work, but it turns out that that is mostly for the poor. If you're rich enough or if you're a college professor, the virtue lies in leisure and the use you make of your leisure time.
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The conspicuously wealthy turn up urging the character building values of the privation of the poor.
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The modern corporation must manufacture not only goods but the desire for the goods it manufactures.
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For the sake of The Progressive, I will say that [Robert] La Follette was relevant, but he was the last.
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