When people bump up against one another in the course of pursuing their goals, it is in everyone's interest to resolve any… — Robert H. Frank Copy Share Image
As economists have long noted, the puzzle is not that so few people vote, it's that so many do. After all, no… — Robert H. Frank Copy Share Image
For the three decades after WWII, incomes grew at about 3 percent a year for people up and down the income ladder,… — Robert H. Frank Copy Share Image
As John Maynard Keynes taught us in the 1930s, in such situations, government is the only entity with both the motive and… — Robert H. Frank Copy Share Image
We're in a classic demand-shortfall recession. There aren't enough jobs because total spending is too low. Consumers won't lead the way because… — Robert H. Frank Copy Share Image
The private sector is first of all much larger than the public sector. The waste we see in that sector does not… — Robert H. Frank Copy Share Image
Many social critics wag their fingers at what they perceive to be frivolous luxury spending. But that misses the point that consumption… — Robert H. Frank Copy Share Image
No one could argue with a straight face that the couples getting married today are much happier just because their wedding celebrations… — Robert H. Frank Copy Share Image
Life is graded on the curve. It's not how big you are, how strong you are, how smart you are. It's how… — Robert H. Frank Copy Share Image
Economics, as it is often taught today, portrays us as homo economicus-someone who doesn't vote in presidential elections, doesn't return lost wallets,… — Robert H. Frank Copy Share Image
If the search is for examples that contradict the predictions of standard economic models, a good rule of thumb is to start in France. — Robert H. Frank Copy Share Image
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… — Robert H. Frank Copy Share Image
It is no exaggeration to say that rising inequality has driven many of the 99 percent into a financial ditch. It also helped spawn… — Robert H. Frank Copy Share Image
We could curtail private spending by several trillion dollars a year without requiring painful sacrifices from anyone. That would be more than enough to… — Robert H. Frank Copy Share Image
The most glaring deficiency in traditional economic models is that they completely ignore the role of context in evaluation. — Robert H. Frank Copy Share Image
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… — Robert H. Frank Copy Share Image
Trusting others puts us at risk. Yet failure to trust entails risk as well. The ability to navigate through this minefield successfully is one… — Robert H. Frank Copy Share Image
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… — Robert H. Frank Copy Share Image
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… — Robert H. Frank Copy Share Image
Pass down values every day through your actions, your words and your time with your kids. — Robert H. Frank Copy Share Image
When the rich build bigger, they shift the frame of reference that shapes the demands of the near rich, who travel in the same… — Robert H. Frank Copy Share Image
