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It is better that a man should tyrannize over his bank balance than over his fellow-citizens.

It is better that a man should tyrannize over his bank balance than over his fellow-citizens.

John Maynard Keynes

Men, Democracy, Balance

General Theory of Employment (1936) ch. 24

Nevertheless, if we contemplate a society with a somewhat stable wage-unit, with national characteristics which determine the propensity to consume and the preference for liquidity, and with a monetary system which rigidly links the quantity of money to the stock of the precious metals, it will be essential for the maintenance of prosperity that the authorities should pay close attention to the state of the balance of trade. For a favourable balance, provided it is not too large, will prove extremely stimulating; whilst an unfavourable balance may soon produce a state of persistent depression.

John Maynard Keynes

Balance, Essentials, Attention

John Maynard Keynes (2006). “General Theory Of Employment , Interest And Money”, p.307, Atlantic Publishers & Dist