458 Quotes by John Kenneth Galbraith

When you see reference to a new paradigm you should always, under all circumstances, take cover.

It is not necessary to advertise food to hungry people, fuel to cold people, or houses to the homeless.

The Metropolis should have been aborted long before it became New York, London or Tokyo.

Genius is a rising stock market.

In the market economy the price that is offered is counted upon to produce the result that is sought.

People of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage.

In the affluent society, no useful distinction can be made between luxuries and necessities.

More die in the United States from too much food that from too little.

The fully planned economy, so far from being unpopular, is warmly regarded by those who know it best.