The social object of skilled investment should be to defeat the dark f…

John Maynard Keynes
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The social object of skilled investment should be to defeat the dark forces of time and ignorance which envelope our future. ✨ The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. Book by John Maynard Keynes, Book 4, Chapter 12, Section 5, p. 155, 1935.
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The social object of skilled investment should be to defeat the dark forces of time and ignorance which envelope our future. ✨ The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. Book by John Maynard Keynes, Book 4, Chapter 12, Section 5, p. 155, 1935.

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