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The important thing for Government is not to do things which individuals are doing already, and to do them a little better or a little worse but to do those things which at present are not done at all.
John Maynard Keynes
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John Maynard Keynes
Age: 62 †
Born: 1883
Born: June 5
Died: 1946
Died: April 21
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Gold is a relic from a time when government's were less trustworthy in these matters (currency debasement) than they are now.
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I am sure that the power of vested interests is vastly exaggerated compared with the gradual encroachment of ideas.
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