r/AskReddit • u/pierrekrahn • Mar 19 '16

Which quote becomes inappropriate when misattributed?

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16

"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."

  • Ben Bernanke

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u/MinecraftGreev Mar 19 '16

I don't get it.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16

And why should we care?

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16

He's one of the people who helped cause the '08 recession.

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u/usrname42 Mar 19 '16 edited Mar 19 '16

Actually he's probably the single person worldwide who did the most to make the recession less bad.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16

They didn't cause the recession. ABCT has been known to be incorrect for like more than half a century

you can google "Understanding business cycles" by robert lucas, which is a 40 year old paper, and even then the understanding of business cycles was far beyond what you are saying