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.
Harry Gordon Johnson

Born: May 26, 1923
Died: May 9, 1977 (aged 53)
Bio: Harry Gordon Johnson OC was a Canadian economist who studied topics such as international trade and international finance and is regarded as one of the most prolific economists of the 20th century.
Known for:
- Selected essays in monetary economics (1967)
- Further Essays in Monetary Economics (1972)
- On Economics and Society: Selected Essays (1975)
- The two-sector model of general equilibrium (1971)