Bob Frank

Prescriptive regulations, such as telling electric utilities what kinds of coal to burn or what kinds of scrubbers to install on their…

— Bob Frank

A flat tax is roughly the same as a sales tax.

— Bob Frank

Commercial roadways in communities that lack zoning laws, for example, are often an aesthetic nightmare not because of insufficient competition, and not…

— Bob Frank

In almost every instance, air and water quality goals were met more cheaply and quickly when we taxed pollution than when we…

— Bob Frank

As the great naturalist Charles Darwin saw clearly, individual and collective interests often coincide, as in the invisible hand narrative. But he…

— Bob Frank

Ever since the Great Depression, economists have known that demand shortages tend to persist in the wake of severe financial crises like…

— Bob Frank

In the long run, greater investment would mean greater productivity and income growth.

— Bob Frank

Once firms had to pay to pollute, they became incredibly inventive at figuring out cheaper ways to eliminate their SO2 emissions.

— Bob Frank

There's no indication that middle-income families feel resentful about the bigger mansions and yachts. But the near-rich, whose social circles intersect those…

— Bob Frank

Every group spends more when its income grows.

— Bob Frank

The upshot is that to send its children to a school of even average quality, a family must outbid half of other…

— Bob Frank

Virtually all families in the middle of the earnings distribution aspire to send their children to a school of at least average…

— Bob Frank