Nothing in modern attitudes is believed more to signify exceptional intelligence than association with large pools of money. Only immediate experienc… - John Kenneth Galbraith

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Nothing in modern attitudes is believed more to signify exceptional intelligence than association with large pools of money. Only immediate experience with those so situated denies the myth.

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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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Alternative Names: John K. Galbraith John Galbraith J. K. Galbraith Ken Galbraith
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The modern conservative is not even especially modern. He is engaged, on the contrary, in one of man’s oldest, best financed, most applauded, and, on the whole, least successful exercises in moral philosophy. That is the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. It is an exercise which always involves a certain number of internal contradictions and even a few absurdities.

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The capacity for erroneous belief is very great, especially where it coincides with convenience.

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