Quote of the day
One does not need buildings, money, power, or status to practice the Art of Peace. Heaven is right where you are standing, and that is the place to train.
Jacob Viner
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:
- The Customs Union Issue (1950)
- Studies in the Theory of International Trade (1937)
- Cost curves and supply curves .. (1932)
- The role of providence in the social order
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