Quote of the day
This dead of midnight is the noon of thought,
And Wisdom mounts her zenith with the stars.
At this still hour the self-collected soul
Turns inward, and beholds a stranger there
Of high descent, and more than mortal rank;
An embryo God; a spark of fire divine.
Franco Modigliani
Born: June 18, 1918
Died: September 25, 2003 (aged 85)
Bio: Franco Modigliani was an Italian economist naturalized American, a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management and MIT Department of Economics who won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 1985.
Known for:
- Rethinking pension reform
- Adventures of an Economist (2001)
- The Debate Over Stabilization Policy (1986)








