Investment based on genuine long-term expectations is so difficult today as to be scarcely practicable.
John Maynard KeynesI conceive, therefore, that a somewhat comprehensive socialisation of investment will prove the means of securing an approximation to full employment.
John Maynard KeynesToo large a proportion of recent "mathematical" economics are mere concoctions, as imprecise as the initial assumptions they rest on, which allow the author to lose sight of the complexities and interdependencies of the real world in a maze of pretentious and unhelpful symbols.
John Maynard Keynes