Economic life, as always, is a matrix in which result becomes cause and cause becomes result.
~ John Kenneth Galbraith

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The real accomplishment of modern science and technology consists in taking ordinary men, informing them narrowly and deeply and then, through appropriate organization, arranging to have their knowledge combined with that of other specialized but equally ordinary men. This dispenses with the need for genius. The resulting performance, though less inspiring, is far more predictable.
~ John Kenneth Galbraith

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The greater the wealth the thicker will be the dirt.
~ John Kenneth Galbraith

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The process by which banks create money is so simple that the mind is repelled.
~ John Kenneth Galbraith

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All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.
~ John Kenneth Galbraith

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If inheritance qualifies one for office, intelligence cannot be a requirement.
~ John Kenneth Galbraith

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The values of a society totally preoccupied with making money are not altogether reassuring.
~ John Kenneth Galbraith

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The first goal of the technostructure is its own security.
~ John Kenneth Galbraith

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Wealth is not without its advantages, and the case to the contrary, although it has often been made, has never proved widely persuasive.
~ John Kenneth Galbraith

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