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Happiness does not require an expanding economy
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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We live surrounded by a systematic appeal to a dream world which all mature, scientific reality would reject. We, quite literally, advertise our commitment to immaturity, mendacity and profound gullibility. It is as the hallmark of the culture. And it is justified as being economically indispensable.
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When you see reference to a new paradigm you should always, under all circumstances, take cover.
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To add to the technostructure is to increase its power in the enterprise.
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I accept the global complex and global trade more than do some of my liberal colleagues because I consider this a wise alternative to national tension and conflict.
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According to the experience of all but the most accomplished jugglers, it is easier to keep one ball in the air than many.
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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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Only in very recent times has the average man been a source of savings.
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You roll back the stones, and you find slithering things. That is the world of Richard Nixon.
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There is a common tendency to ignore the poor or to develop some rationalisation for the good fortune of the fortunate.
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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 went to Detroit.
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The greater the wealth the thicker will be the dirt.
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In public administration good sense would seem to require that public expectation be kept at the lowest possible level in order to minimize eventual disappointment.
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Even the word depression itself was the terminological product of an effort to soften the connotation of deep trouble. In the last century, the term crisis was normally employed. With time, however, this acquired the connotation of the misfortune it described.
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No society ever seems to have succumbed to boredom. Man has developed an obvious capacity for surviving the pompous reiteration of the commonplace.
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Economic stimulation that works through the increased outlays to the affluent has, inevitably, an aspect of soundness and sanity that is lacking in expenditure on behalf of the undeserving poor.
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In any great organization it is far, far safer to be wrong with the majority than to be right alone.
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Anyone who says he won't resign four times, will.
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We all agree that pessimism is a mark of superior intellect.
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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 only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.
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