Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Lawrence Summers
Born: November 30, 1954 (age 70)
Bio: Lawrence Henry "Larry" Summers is an American economist who is President Emeritus and Charles W. Eliot University Professor of Harvard University.
Known for:
- Understanding unemployment (1990)
- Renewing The Atlantic Partnership (2004)
- The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics (2008)