John Kenneth GalbraithA collection of 33 posts

Wisdom

The enemy of the conventional wisdom is not ideas but the march of events.

Wisdom

One of the greatest pieces of economic wisdom is to know what you do not know.

Truth

There is something wonderful in seeing a wrong-headed majority assailed by truth...

Power

In the United States though power corrupts the expectation of power paralyzes.

Power

Power is not something that can be assumed or discarded at will like underwear.

Power

A bad book is the worse that it cannot repent. It has not been the devil's ...

Politics

There are times in politics when you must be on the right side and lose.

Politics

Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory.

Politics

Liberalism is I think resurgent. One reason is that more and more people are s...

Politics

The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in mora...