If you owe your bank manager a thousand pounds, you are at his mercy. …

John Maynard Keynes
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If you owe your bank manager a thousand pounds, you are at his mercy. If you owe him a million pounds, he is at your mercy. ✨ Time magazine, February 17, 1947.
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If you owe your bank manager a thousand pounds, you are at his mercy. If you owe him a million pounds, he is at your mercy. ✨ Time magazine, February 17, 1947.

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