Re: query: Keynes and Dentistry.

[Daniel Davies <dsquared@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

yes he did - it's the final sentence of "Economic Possibilities for our
Grandchildren".  It actually has an exclamation mark at the end.

http://www.eco.utexas.edu/~hmcleave/368keynesgrandchildren.html

best


dd

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Subject: query: Keynes and Dentistry.


Did John Maynard Keynes really say that "If economists could manage to
get themselves thought of as humble, competent people on a level with
dentists, that would be splendid"?

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/j/john_maynard_keynes.html
says he said that, but they're unreliable.

--
Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own
way and let people talk.) --  Karl, paraphrasing Dante.