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		<title>Galbraith, John Kenneth -- Money: Whence It Came, Where It Went, ch. 13 &#8220;The Self Inflicted Wounds&#8221; (1975)</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by adequate error. Sometimes misquoted as &#8220;&#8230; by spectacular error&#8221;.]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by adequate error.</p>
<br><b>John Kenneth Galbraith</b> (1908-2006) Canadian-American economist, diplomat, author<br><i>Money: Whence It Came, Where It Went</i>, ch. 13 &#8220;The Self Inflicted Wounds&#8221; (1975) 
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Sometimes misquoted as "... by spectacular error".						</span>
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