John Maynard Keynes Quotes

There is no subtler, no surer means of overturning the existing basis of society than to debauch the currency.

John Maynard Keynes

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• There is no subtler, no surer means of overturning the existing basis of society than to debauch the currency.

  

  John Maynard Keynes
  • Society
  • Currency
  • Basis