John Kenneth Galbraith (1908-2006) was an American economist. There are 3 quotes listed below.
1. "I have long felt that there's no economic proposition that can't be stated in clear, accessible language." (Booknotes Interview, 1994)
2. "It is my guiding confession that I believe the greatest error in economics is in seeing the economy as a stable, immutable structure." (A Journey Through Economic Time, 1994)
3. "The drive toward complex technical achievement offers a clue to why the US is good at space gadgetry and bad at slum problems." (Quoted in The Saturday Evening Post, 1968)
(original version from April 2017)