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.
Mark Blaug

Born: April 3, 1927
Died: November 18, 2011 (aged 84)
Bio: Mark Blaug was a Dutch-born British economist, who has covered a broad range of topics over his long career.
Known for:
- Economic theory in retrospect (1962)
- Great economists before Keynes (1986)
- Ricardian Economics: A Historical Study (1958)
- Not only an economist (1997)