Quote of the day
Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil.... Blushes are the sign of guilt; true innocence is ashamed of nothing.
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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