Quote of the day
Everyone confesses in the abstract that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us all; but practically most people do all they can to get rid of it, and as a general rule nobody does much more than circumstances drive them to do.
Gardiner C. Means

Born: June 8, 1896
Died: February 15, 1988 (aged 91)
Bio: Gardiner Coit Means was an American economist who worked at Harvard University, where he met lawyer-diplomat Adolf Berle. Together they wrote the seminal work of corporate governance, The Modern Corporation and Private Property.
Known for:
- The Modern Corporation and Private Property (1932)
- A monetary theory of employment
- The Structure of the American Economy (1939)
- Pricing power & the public interest (1962)






