Quote of the day
What do we, as a nation, care about books? How much do you think we spend altogether on our libraries, public or private, as compared with what we spend on our horses?
Alan Blinder
Born: October 14, 1945 (age 79)
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)