A person buying ordinary products in a supermarket is in touch with his deepest emotions.
John Kenneth GalbraithA [New Yorker ] is what it has always been. It combines those who pursue the truth with those who pursue the rewards of orthodoxy and those who pursue what is comfortable to the rich.
John Kenneth GalbraithI've been writing a book called The Economics of Innocent Fraud. I published part of it already in The Progressive ("Free Market Fraud," January 1999). But I've been interrupted these last few months. It deals with all of the things we do, in an innocent way, to cover up the truth.
John Kenneth GalbraithIt's great to be with William Buckley, because you don't have to think. He takes a position and you automatically take the opposite one and you know you're right.
John Kenneth Galbraith