Words Ought To Be A Little

Keynes wrote this line in an article titled "Words" published in New Statesman and Nation on July 15, 1933. The essay argued that bold, provocative writing is necessary to shake conventional thinking, and that deliberately restrained or precise language can fail to communicate genuinely new ideas. The piece reflects Keynes's own rhetorical approach — he was known for his vivid, polemical prose as much as for his economic analysis.