Famous John Maynard Keynes Quotes

  • The political problem of mankind is to combine three things: economic efficiency, social justice and individual liberty. – John Maynard Keynes

    The political problem of mankind is to combine three things: economic efficiency, social justice and individual liberty.– John Maynard Keynes

  • Practical men who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist. – John Maynard Keynes

    Practical men who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist.– John Maynard Keynes

  • In the long run we are all dead. – John Maynard Keynes

    In the long run we are all dead.– John Maynard Keynes

  • If you owe your bank a hundred pounds, you have a problem. But if you owe a million, it has. – John Maynard Keynes

    If you owe your bank a hundred pounds, you have a problem. But if you owe a million, it has.– John Maynard Keynes

  • The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping the old ones. – John Maynard Keynes

    The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping the old ones.– John Maynard Keynes

  • Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest of men for the nastiest of motives will somehow work together for the benefit of all. – John Maynard Keynes

    Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest of men for the nastiest of motives will somehow work together for the benefit of all.– John Maynard Keynes

  • By this means the government may secretly and unobserved, confiscate the wealth of the people, and not one man in a million will detect the theft. – John Maynard Keynes

    By this means the government may secretly and unobserved, confiscate the wealth of the people, and not one man in a million will detect the theft.– John Maynard Keynes

  • The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old ones. – John Maynard Keynes

    The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old ones.– John Maynard Keynes

  • A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the emancipation of the mind. – John Maynard Keynes

    A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the emancipation of the mind.– John Maynard Keynes

  • Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone. – John Maynard Keynes

    Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone.– John Maynard Keynes