Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Wassily Leontief

Born: August 5, 1906
Died: February 5, 1999 (aged 92)
Bio: Wassily Wassilyevich Leontief was a German-Russian economist notable for his research on how changes in one economic sector may have an effect on other sectors.
Known for:
- Input-output economics (1966)
- Essays in economics (1966)
- The Future Impact of Automation on Workers (1986)