Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influences, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist.
--John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) in The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money
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John Maynard Keynes...chief defunct economist
Posted by: Clark Kent | 12 May 2009 at 20:10