Zaterdag quote

The economic doctrine of normal profit, vaguely apprehended by everyone, is a necessary condition for the justification of capitalism. The businessman is only tolerable so long as his gains can be held to bear some relation to what, roughly and in some sense, his activities have contributed to society.

John Maynard Keynes (1923). A Tract on Monetary Reform.

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