John Maynard Keynes

Friedrich, your cure is to wait for markets to calm down, which is adorable in theory and useless in a panic.

Winston, you once treated a budget like a toast speech, so spare me the grand standing.

I have never been in a bad mood in my life, only in the presence of your arithmetic.

John, your cure for every recession is to spend like the bill is theoretical.

You two are exhausting; one worships spending, the other worships waiting, and somehow I’m the one called dramatic.

This is why economists should not be allowed to say 'confidence' unless they can define it without crying.

The odd thing is both of you think your plan is humble, and both of you are dressed like an empire that lost the receipt.

He’s right about one thing: every time you call an expensive mistake 'principle,' a recession gets its wings.

You brought it back at the wrong price and called it bravery, which is exactly how expensive mistakes get medals.

When the facts change, I change my mind; when politicians change, they usually just change the label on the failure.