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The more underdeveloped the country, the more overdeveloped the women.
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 questions that are beyond the reach of economics-the beauty, dignity, pleasure and durability of life-may be inconvenient but they are important.
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It is my guiding confession that I believe the greatest error in economics is in seeing the economy as a stable, immutable structure.
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