In economics, the majority is always wrong. John Kenneth Galbraith economicsmajoritywrong Change image and share on social
Meetings are a great trap. Soon you find yourself trying to get agreement and then the people who disagree come to think they have a right to be persuaded. However, they are indispensable when you don't want to do anything. John Kenneth Galbraith agreementdisagreefind share on social
Power is not something that can be assumed or discarded at will like underwear. John Kenneth Galbraith assumediscardpower Change image and share on social
The salary of the chief executive of a large corporation is not a market award for achievement. It is frequently in the nature of a warm personal gesture by the individual to himself. John Kenneth Galbraith achievementawardchief Change image and share on social
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. John Kenneth Galbraith capitalismcommunismexploit Change image and share on social
War remains the decisive human failure. John Kenneth Galbraith decisivefailurehuman Change image and share on social
Money differs from an automobile or mistress in being equally important to those who have it and those who do not. John Kenneth Galbraith automobiledifferequally Change image and share on social
We have escapist fiction, so why not escapist biography? John Kenneth Galbraith biographyescapistfiction Change image and share on social
Liberalism is, I think, resurgent. One reason is that more and more people are so painfully aware of the alternative. John Kenneth Galbraith alternativeawareliberalism Change image and share on social
The great dialectic in our time is not, as anciently and by some still supposed, between capital and labor; it is between economic enterprise and the state. John Kenneth Galbraith ancientlycapitaldialectic Change image and share on social
