Few can believe that suffering, especially by others, is in vain. Anything that is disagreeable must surely have beneficial economic effects. (John Kenneth Galbraith)

Few can believe that suffering, especially by others, is in vain. Anything that is disagreeable must surely have beneficial economic effects.

John Kenneth Galbraith

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