Practical Men Who Believe Themselves To Be Quite Exempt From Any Intellectual Influences, Are Usually The Slaves Of Some Defunct Economist.

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Practical men who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any
intellectual influences, are usually the slaves of some defunct
economist. Madmen in authority, who hear voices in the air, are
distilling their frenzy from some academic scribbler of a few years
back. I am sure that the power of vested interests is vastly exaggerated
compared with the gradual encroachment of ideas.
-- John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946), The General Theory of Employment,
Interest and Money (1936)

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