The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed the world is ruled by little else. Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist. - John Maynard Keynes

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John Maynard Keynes: "The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed the world is ruled by little else. Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist."

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Believe	Commonly	Defunct	Economist
Economists	Exempt	Ideas	Indeed
Influence	Intellectual	Little	Philosophers
Political	Powerful	Practical	Quite
Right	Ruled	Slaves	Themselves
Understood	Usually	World	Wrong

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