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None of this excuses anyone from mastering the basic ideas and terminology of economics. The intelligent layman must expect also to encounter good ec… - John Kenneth Galbraith
" "None of this excuses anyone from mastering the basic ideas and terminology of economics. The intelligent layman must expect also to encounter good economists who are difficult writers even though some of the best have been very good writers. He should know, moreover, that at least for a few great men ambiguity of expression has been a positive asset. But with these exceptions he may safely conclude that what is wholly mysterious in economics is not likely to be important.
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About John Kenneth Galbraith
John Kenneth Galbraith (15 October 1908 – 29 April 2006) was a Canadian-American economist and author.
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The shortcomings of economics are not original error but uncorrected obsolescence. The obsolescence has occurred because what is convenient has become sacrosanct. Anyone who attacks such ideas must seem to be a trifle self-confident and even aggressive. The man who makes his entry by leaning against an infirm door gets an unjustified reputation for violence. Something is to be attributed to the poor state of the door.
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