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When people are least sure, they are often most dogmatic.
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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The line dividing the state from what is called private enterprise, orat least fromthehighlyorganized part of it, is a traditional fiction.
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Inflation does not lubricate trade but by rescuing traders from their errors of optimism or stupidity.
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