"Le paradoxe est là, le mot travail s'applique simultanément à ceux pour lesquels il est épuisant, fastidieux, désagréable et à ceux qui y prennent manifestement plaisir et n'y voient aucune contrainte.

Travail désigne à la fois l'obligation imposée aux uns et la force de plaisir et de rémunération que désirent ardemment les autres et dont ils jouissent.

User du même mot pour les deux situations est déjà un signe évident d'escroquerie, mais ce n'est pas tout : les individus qui prennent le plus de plaisir à leur travail sont preque universellement les mieux payés."

(John Galbraith - in "Les mensonges de l'économie")

#economie #valeur travail #Galbraith #Tripalium #TravaillerTue

La main invisible démasquée : du marché capturant l’État à la planification des technostructures

La « main invisible » capture l’État (Hilferding) et se soumet aux technostructures (Galbraith) : marché orchestre, État légitime, biopouvoir normalise – triade au service de la mégamachine capitaliste. #capitalisme #mégamachine #Hilferding #Galbraith #philosophiePolitique La « main invisible » d’Adam Smith, célébrée comme alignant spontanément intérêts individuels sur le…

https://homohortus31.wordpress.com/2025/12/30/la-main-invisible-demasquee-du-marche-capturant-letat-a-la-planification-des-technostructures/

La main invisible démasquée : du marché capturant l’État à la planification des technostructures

La « main invisible » capture l’État (Hilferding) et se soumet aux technostructures (Galbraith) : marché orchestre, État légitime, biopouvoir normalise – triade au service de la mégamachine capital…

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A quotation from Galbraith

If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by adequate error.

John Kenneth Galbraith (1908-2006) Canadian-American economist, diplomat, author
Money: Whence It Came, Where It Went, ch. 13 “The Self Inflicted Wounds” (1975)

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Money: Whence It Came, Where It Went, ch. 13 "The Self Inflicted Wounds" (1975) - Galbraith, John Kenneth | WIST Quotations

If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by adequate error. Sometimes misquoted as "... by spectacular error".

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Why do we have so much #stuff but don't meet #needs ?

I really like this video - as an #EnglishLearner I like the clear language and style, and of course, good content!

#RichardJMurphy about "The Affluent Society" by John Kenneth #Galbraith . It's about why we are rich in stuff but poor in public infrastructure. It's interesting that an #economist wrote about this issue in the seventies!

https://youtu.be/sPMKp1MkAiA?si=RtD3ZKZmowCgVkoF
(8 min.)

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Why do we have so much stuff but don't meet needs?

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Older generations of #economists and indeed #labour politicians took #galbraith more seriously. I can just remember him speaking at an event in #london in the 1970s .

Feeling it is time to reread Galbraith

Swap in tech and techbros for Industrial Revolution

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More #Scottish #SterlingSilver in the mail! 🤗

#Galbraith Clan family brooch, Vigilo et spero which is “I watch and hope”.

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#galbraith described this as 'self-exploitation' many years ago.

Galbraith, Liszt with Kantorow and Prokofiev from Pittsburgh - Schedule // - www.worldconcerthall.com

Alexandre Kantorow, piano, and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra conducted by Manfred Honeck play: Nancy GALBRAITH: Tormenta del Sur. LISZT: Piano Concerto No. 2. PROKOFIEV: Suite from Romeo & Juliet. Recorded 9-11 February....

In 20 minutes, #Galbraith #Liszt with Kantorow and #Prokofiev from #Pittsburgh https://buff.ly/3Npc38f #wch
Galbraith, Liszt with Kantorow and Prokofiev from Pittsburgh - Schedule // - www.worldconcerthall.com

Alexandre Kantorow, piano, and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra conducted by Manfred Honeck play: Nancy GALBRAITH: Tormenta del Sur. LISZT: Piano Concerto No. 2. PROKOFIEV: Suite from Romeo & Juliet. Recorded 9-11 February....