The political problem of mankind is to combine three things: economic …

John Maynard Keynes
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The political problem of mankind is to combine three things: economic efficiency, social justice and individual liberty. ✨ John Maynard Keynes, Royal Economic Society (Great Britain) (1972). The collected writings of John Maynard Keynes
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