John Kenneth Galbraith Quote

A banker need not be popular; indeed a good banker in a healthy capitalist society should probably be much disliked. People do not wish to trust their money to a hail-fellow-well-met but to a misanthrope who can say no.


Chapter VI, Things Become More Serious, Section IV, p 115 - The Great Crash, 1929 (1954 and 1997)


A banker need not be popular; indeed a good banker in a healthy capitalist society should probably be much disliked. People do not wish to trust...

A banker need not be popular; indeed a good banker in a healthy capitalist society should probably be much disliked. People do not wish to trust...

A banker need not be popular; indeed a good banker in a healthy capitalist society should probably be much disliked. People do not wish to trust...

A banker need not be popular; indeed a good banker in a healthy capitalist society should probably be much disliked. People do not wish to trust...