If you get a reputation for being honest, you have 95 percent of the competition already beat.
John Kenneth GalbraithEvery corner of the public psyche is canvassed by some of the most talented citizens to see if the desire for some merchandisable product can be cultivated.
John Kenneth GalbraithThe inborn instability of capitalism has been part of the history of the system for several hundred years.
John Kenneth GalbraithI accept the global complex and global trade more than do some of my liberal colleagues because I consider this a wise alternative to national tension and conflict.
John Kenneth GalbraithEmancipation of belief is the most formidable of the tasks of reform and the one on which all else depends.
John Kenneth GalbraithMore investment trusts securities were offered in September of 1929 even than in August - the total was above $600 million. However, the nearly simultaneous promotion of Shenandoah and Blue Ridge was to stand as the pinnacle of new era finance. It is difficult not to marvel at the imagination which was implicit in this gargantuan insanity. If there must be madness something may be said for having it on a heroic scale.
John Kenneth Galbraith