“The popular stereotype of the researcher is that of a skeptic and a pessimist. Nothing could be further from the truth! Scientists must be optimists at heart, in order to block out the incessant chorus of those who say ‘It cannot be done’.”
Academician Prokhor Zakharov, “University Commencement”
Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri, 12 February 1999
International Economics
