The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the ol…

John Maynard Keynes
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The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones. ✨ The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. Book by John Maynard Keynes (Preface), 1936.
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The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones. ✨ The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. Book by John Maynard Keynes (Preface), 1936.

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