There is no subtler, no surer means of overturning the existing basis of society than to debauch the currency. John Maynard Keynes More Quotes by John Maynard Keynes More Quotes From John Maynard Keynes [T]he theory of output as a whole, which is what the following book purports to provide, is much more easily adapted to the conditions of a totalitarian state, than is the theory of production and distribution of a given output produced under the conditions of free competition and a large measure of laissez-faire. John Maynard Keynes competition liberty book I believe myself to be writing a book on economic theory which will largely revolutionize - not, I suppose, at once but in the course of the next ten years - the way the world thinks about economic problems. John Maynard Keynes writing believe book The treasury could fill old bottles with banknotes and bury them..and leave it to private enterprises on well-tried principles of laissez-faire to dig the notes up again. John Maynard Keynes laissez-faire bottles principles If human nature felt no temptation to take a chance there might not be much investment merely as a result of cold calculation. John Maynard Keynes business temptation might The study of economics does not seem to require any specialised gifts of an unusually high order. John Maynard Keynes study doe order All the political parties alike have their origins in past ideas and not in new ideas and none more conspicuously so than the Marxists . John Maynard Keynes party past ideas Adam Smith and Malthus and Ricardo ! There is something about these three figures to evoke more than ordinary sentiments from us their children in the spirit. John Maynard Keynes three ordinary children I don't feel the least humble before the vastness of the heavens. John Maynard Keynes vastness humble heaven The friends of gold will have to be extremely wise and moderate if they are to avoid a revolution. John Maynard Keynes revolution gold wise The immense accumulations of fixed capital which, to the great benefit of mankind, were built up during the half century before the war, could never have come about in a Society where wealth was divided equitably. John Maynard Keynes benefits wisdom war It is not the ownership of the instruments of production which it is important for the State to assume. If the State is able to determine the aggregate amount of resources devoted to augmenting the instruments and the basic rate of reward to those who own them, it will have accomplished all that is necessary. Moreover, the necessary measures of socialization can be introduced gradually and without a break in the general traditions of society. John Maynard Keynes politics important wisdom Thus those reformers, who look for a remedy by creating artificial carrying-costs for the money through the device of requiring legal-tender currency to be periodically stamped at a prescribed cost in order to retain its quality as money, or in analogous ways, have been on the right track; and the practical value of their proposals deserves consideration. John Maynard Keynes creating track order For my own part, I believe that there is social and psychological justification for significant inequalities of incomes and wealth. John Maynard Keynes income wisdom believe I believe that the future will learn more from the spirit of Gesell than from that of Marx . John Maynard Keynes i-believe spirit believe The idea behind stamped money is sound. John Maynard Keynes behinds sound ideas Perhaps a day might come when there would be at last be enough to go round, and when posterity could enter into the enjoyment of our labors. John Maynard Keynes lasts would-be might Obstinacy can bring only a penalty and no reward. John Maynard Keynes obstinacy penalties rewards The forces of the nineteenth century have run their course and are exhausted. John Maynard Keynes exhausted century running But the dreams of designing diplomats do not always prosper, and we must trust the future . John Maynard Keynes diplomats design dream The duty of "saving" became nine-tenths of virtue and the growth of the cake the object of true religion. John Maynard Keynes cake saving growth
