John Kenneth Galbraith

"People of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage. Intellectual myopia, often called stupidity, is no doubt a reason. But the p…"

"SOME YEARS, like some poets,and politicians and some lovely women, are singled out for fame far beyond the common lot, and 1929 was clearly such a year."

"To a few alarmed observers it seemed as though Wall Street were by way of devouring all the money of the entire world. However, in accordance with the cultural practice, as the summer passed, the soun…"

"Who is king in the world of the blind when there isn't even a one eyed man?"

"Few can believe that suffering, especially by others, is in vain. Anything that is disagreeable must surely have beneficial economic effects."

"I was studying agriculture, how to produce better chickens, better cattle, better horses — horses in those days — better fruit, better vegetables. This was in the early years of the Great Depression, …"

"Do not be alarmed by simplification, complexity is often a device for claiming sophistication, or for evading simple truths."

"Educators have yet to realize how deeply the industrial system is dependent upon them."