Quote of the day
In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first. This in no sense, however, implies that great men are not needed. On the contrary, the first object of any good system must be that of developing first-class men
Paul A. Baran

Born: August 25, 1909
Died: March 26, 1964 (aged 54)
Bio: Paul Alexander Baran was an American economist known for his Marxist views. In 1951 Baran was promoted to full professor at Stanford University and Baran was the only tenured Marxian economist in the United States until his death in 1964.
Known for:
- Monopoly Capital
- The Political Economy of Growth (1957)
- The longer view
- Le Capitalisme monopoliste