John Maynard Keynes
British economist
Lived from: 1883 - 1946
Category: Business and entrepreneurs Country: 
United Kingdom
Born: 5 june 1883 Died: 21 april 1946
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Markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent.
Forbes (1993) v. 151, iss. 4, (p. 236)― John Maynard Keynes -
Men will not always die quietly.
The Economic Consequences of the Peace (1919)― John Maynard Keynes -
Most men love money and security more, and creation and construction less, as they get older.
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Nothing mattered except states of mind, chiefly our own.
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Only with absolute fearlessness can we slay the dragons of mediocrity that invade our gardens.
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Successful investing is anticipating the anticipations of others.
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The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward.
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The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency. By a continuing process of inflation governments can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens.
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The biggest problem is not to let people accept new ideas, but to let them forget the old ones.
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The day is not far off when the economic problem will take the back seat where it belongs, and the arena of the heart and the head will be occupied or reoccupied, by our real problems - the problems of life and of human relations, of creation and behavior and religion.
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The decadent international but individualistic capitalism in the hands of which we found ourselves after the war is not a success. It is not intelligent. It is not beautiful. It is not just. It is not virtuous. And it doesn't deliver the goods.
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The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old ones.
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The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones, which ramify, for those brought up as most of us have been, into every corner of our minds.
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The duty of "saving" became nine-tenths of virtue and the growth of the cake the object of true religion.
The Economic Consequences of the Peace (1919) , p. 20― John Maynard Keynes -
The importance of money flows from it being a link between the present and the future.
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The political problem of mankind is to combine three things: economic efficiency, social justice and individual liberty.
The collected writings of John Maynard Keynes― John Maynard Keynes -
The social object of skilled investment should be to defeat the dark forces of time and ignorance which envelope our future.
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When my information changes, I alter my conclusions. What do you do, sir?
The Economist (1983) Vol. 287, p. 19― John Maynard Keynes -
When the final result is expected to be a compromise, it is often prudent to start from an extreme position.
The Economic Consequences of the Peace― John Maynard Keynes -
Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assault of thoughts on the unthinking.
New Statesman and Nation, 15 July 1933― John Maynard Keynes
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