Quote of the day
It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness.
Fritz Machlup

Born: December 15, 1902
Died: January 30, 1983 (aged 80)
Bio: Fritz Machlup was an Austrian-American economist who was president of the International Economic Association from 1971 1974. He was one of the first economists to examine knowledge as an economic resource, and is credited with popularizing the concept of the information society.
Known for:
- Essays on economic semantics (1963)
- A history of thought on economic integration (1977)
- Essays on Hayek (1976)