“The massive reduction in risk that is inherent in the development of the modern corporation has been far from fully appreciated.”

— John Kenneth Galbraith , book The Affluent Society

Source: The Affluent Society (1958), Chapter 8, Section II, p. 87

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American economist and diplomat 1908–2006

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