Quote of the day
But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing Nativities and Deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting Ceremonies of Bravery, in the infamy of his nature. Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible Sun within us.
Ronald Coase
Born: December 29, 1910
Died: September 2, 2013 (aged 102)
Bio: Ronald Harry Coase was a British economist and author. He was for much of his life the Clifton R. Musser Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Chicago Law School, where he arrived in 1964 and remained for the rest of his life.
Known for:
- How China Became Capitalist (2012)
- Essays on economics and economists (1994)
- The Firm, the Market, and the Law (1988)
- British broadcasting (1950)
- How should economists choose? (1982)
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