But apart from this contemporary mood, the ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed the world is ruled by little else. Practical men, who believe... Economics for Real People - 27. oldalszerző: Gene Callahan - 2002 - 349 oldalTeljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
| 1965 - 808 oldal
...Directory. It operates In the contract construction and utility Industries ля well as In manufacturing. The ideas of economists and political philosophers,...exempt from any intellectual influences, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist. Madmen in authority, who hear voices in the air, are distilling... | |
| 1974 - 114 oldal
...into pricing expectations under the proposed reduced regulation. John Maynard Keynes stated that "... the ideas of economists and political philosophers,...exempt from any intellectual influences, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist. Madmen in authority, who hear voices in the air, are distilling... | |
| United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee - 1971 - 880 oldal
...of Employment, Interest and Money published in England at the end of 1935 he had this to say: ". . . the ideas of economists and political philosophers,...men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from all intellectual influences, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist." It would not have shocked... | |
| United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee - 1955 - 1294 oldal
...after a slight delay have an enormous impact upon policies. As Lord Keynes wrote so brilliantly : * "The Ideas of economists and political philosophers,...little else. Practical men. who believe themselves to bo quite exempt from any Intellectual influences, arc usually «lares of some defunct economist. Mailmen... | |
| Stefan Szymanski, Andrew Zimbalist - 2005 - 289 oldal
...interests of the majority of those who love the game they follow. John Maynard Keynes once wrote that "practical men, who believe themselves to be quite...exempt from any intellectual influences, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist." 2 A similar kind of observation can be made in sports: those... | |
| Gary Rosen - 2005 - 268 oldal
...attitude was confined to literature, journalism, and show business. John Maynard Keynes once said that "Practical men who believe themselves to be quite...exempt from any intellectual influences, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist." Keynes was referring specifically to businessmen. But practical... | |
| Matt Andersson - 2005 - 404 oldal
...organized common sense where many a beautiful theory was killed by an ugly fact. — Thomas Huxley Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite...exempt from any intellectual influences, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist. — John Maynard Keynes On January 51 2005, Delta Airlines made... | |
| James W. Henderson, John Lee Pisciotta - 2005 - 165 oldal
...what they are doing. One is reminded of John Maynard Keynes's statement in The General Theory (1965): "Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite...exempt from any intellectual influences, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist" (p. 383). Nelson is asserting a variation of Keynes. The Nelson... | |
| Aled Jones - 2005 - 376 oldal
...England in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. John Maynard Keynes famously claimed that 'practical men, who believe themselves to be quite...exempt from any intellectual influences, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist'.8 I am tempted to try to parallel this dictum by suggesting that... | |
| William N. Goetzmann, K. Geert Rouwenhorst - 2005 - 418 oldal
...Massachusetts experience derives from imitation or extension of some now forgotten earlier example. 2. "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... | |
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