The massive reduction in risk that is inherent in the development of the modern corporation has been far from fully appreciated.
~ John Kenneth Galbraith
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The massive reduction in risk that is inherent in the development of the modern corporation has been far from fully appreciated.
~ 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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Faced with the choice between changing one’s mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof.
~ John Kenneth Galbraith
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There is wonder and a certain wicked pleasure in these giddy ascents and terrible falls, especially as they happen to other people.
~ John Kenneth Galbraith
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There is no name for all who participate in group decision-making or the organization which they form. I propose to call this organization the Technostructure.
~ John Kenneth Galbraith
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Money is a singular thing. It ranks with love as man’s greatest source of joy. And with death as his greatest source of anxiety. Over all history it has oppressed nearly all people in one of two ways: either it has been abundant and very unreliable, or reliable and very scarce.
~ John Kenneth Galbraith
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