Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
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)