Technology, under all circumstances, leads to planning; in its higher manifestations it may put the problems of planning beyond the reach of the industrial firm. Technological compulsions, and not ideology or political will, will require the firm to seek the help and protection of the state.
John Kenneth GalbraithChange comes not from men and women changing their minds, but from the change from one generation to the next.
John Kenneth GalbraithIn the United States all business not transacted over the telephone is accomplished in conjunction with alcohol or food, often under conditions of advanced intoxication. This is a fact of the utmost importance for the visitor of limited funds... for it means that the most expensive restaurants are, with rare exceptions, the worst.
John Kenneth GalbraithThe urge to consume is fathered by the value system which emphasizes the ability of the society to produce.
John Kenneth Galbraith