The process by which wants are now synthesized is a potential source of economic instability. Production and therewith employment and social security… - John Kenneth Galbraith

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The process by which wants are now synthesized is a potential source of economic instability. Production and therewith employment and social security are dependent on an inherently unstable process of consumer debt creation. This may one day falter.

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About John Kenneth Galbraith

John Kenneth Galbraith (15 October 1908 – 29 April 2006) was a Canadian-American economist and author.

Biography information from Wikiquote · Portrait adapted from Wikimedia Commons, Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. Photographer is unknown. (Public domain / CC0)

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Alternative Names: John K. Galbraith John Galbraith J. K. Galbraith Ken Galbraith

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