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.
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)