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Maxioms by John Kenneth Galbraith

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If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error.

If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error.

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The total alteration in underlying circumstances has not been squarely faced, As a result, we are guided, in part, by read more

The total alteration in underlying circumstances has not been squarely faced, As a result, we are guided, in part, by ideas that are relevant to another world. ... We do many things that are unnecessary, some that are unwise, and a few that are insane.

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The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a read more

The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.

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If we were not in Vietnam, all that part of the world would be enjoying the obscurity it so richly read more

If we were not in Vietnam, all that part of the world would be enjoying the obscurity it so richly deserves.

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Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.

Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.

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