Capitalism Is The Astounding Belief That

This remark is attributed to Keynes, though it does not appear in his canonical published writings and its origin is unverified. The tone — sardonic, epigrammatic — is consistent with Keynes's wit, but without a traceable source it may be apocryphal. Some scholars have suggested it was a paraphrase of views Keynes expressed in conversation rather than in print. It should be read as a probable attribution rather than a confirmed quotation.