An American economist of two generations ago, H. J. Davenport, who was the best friend Thorstein Veblen ever had (Veblen actually lived for a time in Davenport's coal cellar) once said: There is no reason why theoretical economics should be a monopoly of the reactionaries. All my life I have tried to take this warning to heart, and I dare call it to your favorable attention.

P. 76 - Maximum Principles in Analytical Economics, 1970