Great Throughts Treasury

This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.

Alan Stuart Blinder

American Economist, Served on President Clinton's Council of Economic Advisors and as Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

"Our American system of government by lobbyist guarantees us a form of taxation with representation that the founding father did not foresee: special interests get the representation while the broad public gets the taxation."