Foresight is an imperfect thing — all prevision in economics is imperfect.
~ John Kenneth Galbraith

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Of all the mysteries of the stock exchange there is none so impenetrable as why there should be a buyer for everyone who seeks to sell.
~ John Kenneth Galbraith

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American university presidents are a nervous breed; I have never thought well of them as a class.
~ 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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In economics, unlike fiction and the theater, there is no harm in a premature disclosure of the plot: it is to see the changes just mentioned and others as an interlocked whole.
~ John Kenneth Galbraith

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Nothing is more portable than rich people and their money.
~ John Kenneth Galbraith

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While it will be desirable to achieve planned results, it will be even more important to avoid unplanned disasters.
~ 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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