Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist.
It is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil.
The day is not far off when the economic problem will take the back seat where it belongs.
The old saying holds. Owe your banker £1000 and you are at his mercy; owe him £1 million and the position is reversed
When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?
If economists could manage to get themselves thought of as humble, competent people on a level with dentists, that would be splendid.
Markets can remain irrational a lot longer than you and I can remain solvent.
Capitalism, wisely managed, can probably be made more efficient for attaining economic ends than any alternative system yet in sight.
In the long run we are all dead.
My only regret is that I have not drunk more champagne in my life.