Quote of the day
Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope.
Alan Blinder

Born: October 14, 1945 (age 80)
Bio: Alan Stuart Blinder is an American economist. He serves at Princeton University as the Gordon S. Rentschler Memorial Professor of Economics and Public Affairs in the Economics Department, and vice chairman of The Observatory Group.
Known for:
- Economics: Principles and Policy (1986)
- Hard heads, soft hearts (1987)
- Central banking in theory and practice (1996)
- Downsizing in America (2003)