Gunnar Myrdal - Problem Quotes

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The American Negro problem is a problem in the heart of the American. It is there that the interracial tension has its focus. It is there that the decisive struggle goes on.

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In this sense the Negro problem is not only America's greatest failure but also America's incomparably great opportunity for the future. If America should follow its own deepest convictions, its well-being at home would be increased directly. At the same time America's prestige and power abroad would rise immensely.

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It is good proof of Keynes' intuitive genius that he reaches practical results that in many respects are very much superior to his deficient statements of certain theoretical problems.

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