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> [If government is inevitable, the challenge is to come up with the most effective one possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-h-frank/if-government-is-inevitable-the-challenge-is-to-come-up-with-the-most/)

[Robert H. Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-h-frank/)

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## More by Robert H. Frank

> [If the search is for examples that contradict the predictions of standard economic models, a good rule of thumb is to start in France.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-h-frank/if-the-search-is-for-examples-that-contradict-the-predictions-of/)

[Robert H. Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-h-frank/)

> [When people bump up against one another in the course of pursuing their goals, it is in everyone's interest to resolve any resulting problems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-h-frank/when-people-bump-up-against-one-another-in-the-course-of-pursuing/)

[Robert H. Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-h-frank/)

> [It is no exaggeration to say that rising inequality has driven many of the 99 percent into a financial ditch. It also helped spawn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-h-frank/it-is-no-exaggeration-to-say-that-rising-inequality-has-driven-many/)

[Robert H. Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-h-frank/)

> [We could curtail private spending by several trillion dollars a year without requiring painful sacrifices from anyone. That would be more than enough to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-h-frank/we-could-curtail-private-spending-by-several-trillion-dollars-a-year/)

[Robert H. Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-h-frank/)

> [The most glaring deficiency in traditional economic models is that they completely ignore the role of context in evaluation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-h-frank/the-most-glaring-deficiency-in-traditional-economic-models-is-that/)

[Robert H. Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-h-frank/)

> [Adam Smith's uncritically enthusiastic modern disciples portray his invisible hand theory as saying that market forces reliably harness selfish individuals to serve the common…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-h-frank/adam-smith-s-uncritically-enthusiastic-modern-disciples-portray-his/)

[Robert H. Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-h-frank/)

> [Trusting others puts us at risk. Yet failure to trust entails risk as well. The ability to navigate through this minefield successfully is one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-h-frank/trusting-others-puts-us-at-risk-yet-failure-to-trust-entails-risk-as/)

[Robert H. Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-h-frank/)

> [Rising inequality hasn't really accomplished anything of value for its ostensible beneficiaries, the top one percent. They've all built bigger mansions and staged more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-h-frank/rising-inequality-hasn-t-really-accomplished-anything-of-value-for/)

[Robert H. Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-h-frank/)

> [As economists have long noted, the puzzle is not that so few people vote, it's that so many do. After all, no individual's vote…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-h-frank/as-economists-have-long-noted-the-puzzle-is-not-that-so-few-people/)

[Robert H. Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-h-frank/)

> [Pass down values every day through your actions, your words and your time with your kids.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-h-frank/pass-down-values-every-day-through-your-actions-your-words-and-your/)

[Robert H. Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-h-frank/)

> [No society has ever succeeded without a decent government.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-h-frank/no-society-has-ever-succeeded-without-a-decent-government/)

[Robert H. Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-h-frank/)

> [When the rich build bigger, they shift the frame of reference that shapes the demands of the near rich, who travel in the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-h-frank/when-the-rich-build-bigger-they-shift-the-frame-of-reference-that/)

[Robert H. Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-h-frank/)

> [If top marginal income tax rates are set too high, they discourage productive economic activity. In the limit, a top marginal income tax rate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-h-frank/if-top-marginal-income-tax-rates-are-set-too-high-they-discourage/)

[Robert H. Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-h-frank/)

> [For the three decades after WWII, incomes grew at about 3 percent a year for people up and down the income ladder, but since…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-h-frank/for-the-three-decades-after-wwii-incomes-grew-at-about-3-percent-a/)

[Robert H. Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-h-frank/)

> [“Reflect on your present blessings, of which every man has many, not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-h-frank/reflect-on-your-present-blessings-of-which-every-man-has-many-not-on/)

[Robert H. Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-h-frank/)

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