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Men are not narrow in their intellectual interests by nature; it takes special and rigorous training to accomplish that end.

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Jacob Viner

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Born: May 3, 1892
Died: September 12, 1970 (aged 78)
Bio: Jacob Viner was a Canadian economist and is considered with Frank Knight and Henry Simons to be one of the "inspiring" mentors of the early Chicago School of Economics in the 1930s: he was one of the leading figures of the Chicago faculty.
Known for:
  1. The Customs Union Issue (1950)
  2. Studies in the Theory of International Trade (1937)
  3. Cost curves and supply curves .. (1932)
  4. The role of providence in the social order

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