John Maynard Keynes (1935) 'The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money Book 4, Chapter 12, Section 5, p. 155.
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The social object of skilled investment should be to defeat the dark forces of time and ignorance which envelope our future.
— John Maynard Keynes on Investment
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About John Maynard Keynes
John Maynard Keynes, 1st Baron Keynes of Tilton (5 June 1883 – 21 April 1946) was a British economist whose ideas, known as Keynesian economics, had a major impact on modern economic and political theory and on many governments' fiscal policies.
About John Maynard Keynes
John Maynard Keynes, 1st Baron Keynes of Tilton (5 June 1883 – 21 April 1946) was a British economist whose ideas, known as Keynesian economics, had a major impact on modern economic and political theory and on many governments' fiscal policies.
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