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John Maynard Keynes

British economist

1883–1946

17 quotes, most often on Economics, Government and Money.

The outstanding faults of the economic society in which we live are its failure to provide for full employment and its arbitrary and inequitable distribution of wealth and incomes.
The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (1936), Chapter 24
- Economics
In the long run we are all dead.
A Tract on Monetary Reform (1923), Ch. 3, p. 80
- Economics
- Life & Death
By a continuing process of inflation, governments can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens.
The Economic Consequences of the Peace (1919), Chapter VI, pp. 235-236
- Economics
- Government
In truth, the gold standard is already a barbarous relic.
A Tract on Monetary Reform (1923)
- Economics
- Money
Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist.
The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (1936), Ch. 24, p. 383
- Economics
- Ideas

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