births
July 23, 1898
Jacob Marschak, Ukrainian-American economist, journalist, and author (died 1977)

Jacob Marschak
Jacob Marschak was a Russian and American economist. Affiliated with the Mensheviks in his youth, he had a brief participation in the Russian Revolution, serving as labour minister in the Terek Soviet Republic before emigrating. In exile he developed a successful scholarly career, first in Germany and later achieving prominence in United States academia.