Meetings are indispensable when you don't want to do anything.

—John Kenneth Galbraith

About John Kenneth Galbraith

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John Kenneth Galbraith (October 15, 1908 – April 29, 2006) was a Canadian-American economist, diplomat, public official, and intellectual. His books on economic topics were bestsellers from the 1950s through the 2000s. As an economist, he leaned toward post-Keynesian economics from an institutionalist perspective. He served as the deputy director...

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Most people assume the fights are going to be the left versus the right, but it always is the reasonable versus the jerks.

—John Kenneth Galbraith

You will find that the State is the kind of organization which, though it does big things badly, does small things badly, too.

—John Kenneth Galbraith

Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.

—John Kenneth Galbraith

Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite.

—John Kenneth Galbraith

The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.

—John Kenneth Galbraith

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