Thomas J. Sargent

Lucas attended a conference on rational expectations at the University of Minnesota in the spring of 1973. The day after the conference, I received a call from Pittsburgh.

I'm happy to say I am a Harrison-Kreps-Keynesian.

Keynes was a very good economist. He was brilliant. He had wonderful insights. His work has inspired me many times.

It's hard to imagine anyone interested in film not being a fan of Alfred Hitchcock because he's such a key influence on the entire history of cinema - it's hard to escape his shadow.

Exeter was, I suspect, more crucial in my life than in the lives of most members of my class, and conceivably, than in the lives of almost anyone else who ever attended the school.

A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall.