A sound banker, alas, is not one who foresees danger and avoids it, bu…

John Maynard Keynes
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A sound banker, alas, is not one who foresees danger and avoids it, but one who, when he is ruined, is ruined in a conventional way along with his fellows, so that no one can really blame him. ✨ The Consequences to the Banks of the Collapse of Money Values (1931)
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A sound banker, alas, is not one who foresees danger and avoids it, but one who, when he is ruined, is ruined in a conventional way along with his fellows, so that no one can really blame him. ✨ The Consequences to the Banks of the Collapse of Money Values (1931)

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