Much literary criticism comes from people for whom extreme specialization is a cover for either grave cerebral inadequacy or terminal laziness, the latter being a much cherished aspect of academic freedom.
~ John Kenneth Galbraith
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Much literary criticism comes from people for whom extreme specialization is a cover for either grave cerebral inadequacy or terminal laziness, the latter being a much cherished aspect of academic freedom.
~ John Kenneth Galbraith
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The myth that holds that the great corporation is the puppet of the market, the powerless servant of the consumer, is, in fact one of the devices by which its power is perpetuated.
~ John Kenneth Galbraith
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Educators have yet to realize how deeply the industrial system is dependent upon them.
~ John Kenneth Galbraith
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In the United States, though power corrupts, the expectation of power paralyzes.
~ John Kenneth Galbraith
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In 1929 the discovery of the wonders of the geometric series struck Wall Street with a force comparable to the invention of the wheel.
~ John Kenneth Galbraith
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There is something wonderful in seeing a wrong-headed majority assailed by truth.
~ John Kenneth Galbraith
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