Quote of the day
Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods, particularly if the goods are worthless.
Étienne-Gabriel Morelly

Born: 1717
Died: 1778 (aged 61)
Bio: Étienne-Gabriel Morelly was a French utopian thinker and novelist. An otherwise obscure tax official, Morelly wrote two books on education and a critique of Montesquieu.