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111. Post-consumer prosperity: finding new opportunities amid the economic wreckage

Author

Frank, Robert H.

Subjects
Consumer spending -- Forecasts and trends -- Control -- Usage, Waste (Economics) -- Forecasts and trends -- Usage, Sales tax -- Usage -- Forecasts and trends, Consumer culture -- Management -- Usage -- Forecasts and trends, Business, general, Company business management, Market trend/market analysis, Control, Management, Usage, Forecasts and trends
Abstract

The economic bonfire fueled mostly by consumption in recent years has ended. As we have watched the familiar statistics plummet, with credit cards maxed out and home-equity loans a thing [...]

Published
2009

114. Peer pressure can help save the planet

Author

Frank, Robert H.

Subjects
Peer pressure, Environmental policy, Climate change -- Social aspects, Ecological footprint -- Social aspects, Environmental protection -- Social aspects, Global temperature changes, Automobiles, Activists, Neoliberalism, Journalists, Automobile industry, Social networks, Books, Hybrid vehicles, Economists, Solar panels, Environmental issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Robert H. Frank The economists and activists who hope to stop global warming know that small measures won't cut it. Which is why 'conscious consumption' - taking individual actions [...]

Published
2020

117. Talent and the winner-take-all society

Author

Frank, Robert H.

Subjects
The Cost of Talent (Book) -- Criticism and interpretation, Taxation -- Economic aspects, Capitalism -- Social aspects, Rich -- Taxation
Published
1994

118. Wages, seniority, and the demand for rising consumption profiles

Author

Frank, Robert H. and Hutchens, Robert M.

Subjects
Labor productivity -- Economic aspects, Consumption (Economics) -- Analysis, Business, Economics
Abstract

The wage-productivity cycles of commercial airline pilots and intercity bus drivers lends credibility to the argument that workers may prefer upwardly sloping wage profiles in order to meet rising consumption standards. Four traditional explanations for wages rising faster than productivity, firm-specific human capital, bonding contracts, risk aversion, and adverse selection, fail to apply in at least these two occupational cases. A survey indicated a preference for a rising wage profile over an equal but steady profile.

Published
1993

121. Foundations of Social Theory

Author

Frank, Robert H.

Subjects
Foundations of Social Theory (Book) -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews, Sociology -- Bibliography, Business, Economics
Published
1992

123. The age of excess

Author

Frank, Robert H.

Subjects
Luxuries -- Taxation, Consumption taxes -- Methods, Business, Business, general
Abstract

An effective way of discouraging excessive spending on luxury goods is by imposing a progressive consumption tax. This type of taxation differs from the value-added tax or the national sales tax since it assures that the total tax as a proportion of income increases steadily with income and makes engaging in inconspicuous consumption less costly. Its rates should be high enough to encourage change in the spending of high-income families, which would produce similar savings all those below them.

Published
1999

126. Ohne Glück kein Erfolg : Der Zufall und der Mythos der Leistungsgesellschaft

Author

Frank, Robert H., Harlaß, Katrin, Frank, Robert H., and Harlaß, Katrin

Subjects
Economics--Psychological aspects, Economics--Sociological aspects, Fortune--Economic aspects, Economics, Merit (Ethics)--Economic aspects, Success--Economic aspects
Abstract

Womit hat man was verdient? Menschen, die Erfolg haben, sind oft talentiert und haben hart gearbeitet. Aber es gibt ebenso viele Menschen mit den gleichen Fähigkeiten, die etwas leisten und keinen Erfolg haben. Erfolgreiche Menschen unterschätzen oft, welche Rolle Glück und Zufall in ihrem Leben gespielt haben. Zufällige Chancen und Anfangsvorteile führen rasch zu immensen Unterschieden und spalten die Gesellschaft. Der Autor belegt anhand zahlreicher Studien, prominenter Beispiele und persönlicher Beobachtungen: Erfolg basiert vorrangig auf den Lebensumständen, ist also dem Glück zu verdanken. Den Zufall kann man nicht beeinflussen, die Lebensumstände verbessern schon. Eine Gesellschaft ist nur dann erfolgreich, wenn viele an ihrem Erfolg teilhaben. Dafür zu sorgen ist die Aufgabe aller, die am Gemeinwohl interessiert sind.

Published
2018

129. How peer pressure can help save the planet

Author

Frank , Robert H.

Subjects
Peer pressure -- Analysis, Climate change -- Forecasts and trends -- Prevention, Human-environment interactions -- Evaluation, Ecological footprint -- Evaluation, Automobile industry, Social networks, Global temperature changes, Automobiles, Books, Activists, Journalists, Hybrid vehicles, Economists, Solar panels, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Robert H. Frank The economists and activists who hope to stop global warming know that small measures won't cut it. Which is why 'conscious consumption' -- taking individual actions [...]

Published
2020

131. How Rising Inequality Has Widened the Justice Gap

Author

Frank, Robert H.

Subjects
Family, Labor law, Equality, General interest
Abstract

Byline: ROBERT H. FRANK Rising inequality has harmed low-income families not only by depriving them of a fair share of society's income growth, but also in a more specific way: [...]

Published
2018

132. How Rising Inequality Widens the Justice Gap

Author

Frank, Robert H.

Subjects
Actions and defenses -- Forecasts and trends, Equality -- Forecasts and trends, Poor -- Surveys, Market trend/market analysis, Lawsuit/litigation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Legal Services Corp. (Washington, D.C.) -- Services
Abstract

Rising inequality has harmed low-income families not only by depriving them of a fair share of society's income growth, but also in a more specific way: It has stacked the [...]

Published
2018

133. The Doctors' Bill in a Single-Payer System

Author

Frank, Robert H.

Subjects
Health insurance exchanges -- Evaluation, Health care industry -- Government finance, Health care industry, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Single-payer health care systems deliver better outcomes at much lower cost than those that rely primarily on private insurance, as we do in the United States. Considerable evidence supports this [...]

Published
2018

134. Back to the Health Policy Drawing Board

Author

Frank, Robert H.

Subjects
Health care costs -- Laws, regulations and rules, Health care reform -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Political aspects, Health insurance -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Abstract

The Affordable Care Act needs help. After scores of failed repeal attempts, Congress enacted legislation late last year that eliminated one of the law's central features, the mandate requiring people [...]

Published
2018

135. Winner take all

Author

Frank, Robert H. and Cook, Philip J.

Subjects
Income -- Analysis, Equality -- Analysis, Business, Business, general
Abstract

The increasing importance of winner-take-all markets has caused income inequality to grow. In such markets, small differences in performance translate into enormous differences in economic rewards. Reward depends on relative performance and individuals are not compensated in proportion to their human capital but depending on performance ranking.

Published
1996

136. It's a winner-take-all market

Author

Frank, Robert H. and Cook, Philip J.

Subjects
Income distribution -- Economic aspects, Free enterprise -- Ethical aspects -- Economic aspects, General interest, Political science, Economic aspects, Ethical aspects
Abstract

For a parable in modem economics, consider the local opera house; At the turn of the century, Iowa alone had more than 1,500 of them. Thousands of sopranos earned adequate, [...]

Published
1995

141. Why Rules on Smoking Should Get Even Tougher

Author

Frank, Robert H.

Subjects
Health aspects, Personal narratives, Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, Smoking -- Personal narratives -- Forecasts and trends, Public health -- Forecasts and trends, Passive smoking -- Health aspects, Smoking bans -- Forecasts and trends
Abstract

In the 1950s, a pack of Camels could be had for as little as 25 cents in some parts of the country. But in New York City today, heavy taxes [...]

Published
2018

142. The Rich Will Get Richer, Not Happier

Author

Frank, Robert H.

Subjects
Rich -- Taxation -- Political aspects -- Social aspects, Tax reform -- Political aspects -- Social aspects, Tax policy -- Social aspects -- Political aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

The Republican effort to cut federal taxes is still underway, and many crucial details are still unsettled. But little doubt remains that the effort has been heavily shaped by wealthy [...]

Published
2017

143. How Cutting Taxes Makes Life Worse for the Rich

Author

Frank, Robert H.

Subjects
Rich, Taxation, General interest
Abstract

Byline: ROBERT H. FRANK The Republican effort to cut federal taxes is still underway, and many crucial details are still unsettled. But little doubt remains that the effort has been [...]

Published
2017

144. Don't Call It Price Discrimination

Author

Frank, Robert H.

Subjects
Tesla Inc. -- Prices and rates, Automobile industry -- Prices and rates, Electric vehicles -- Prices and rates, Price discrimination, Automobile Industry, Company pricing policy, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Tesla, Elon Musk's pioneering electric car company, originally offered its Model S sedan in two variants. The difference was a few lines of software code that restricted the energy available [...]

Published
2017

145. Tesla's Tiered Pricing Is a Hurdle, but a Fair One

Author

Frank, Robert H.

Subjects
Transportation equipment industry, Pricing, Electric vehicles, Product price, General interest
Abstract

Byline: ROBERT H. FRANK Tesla, Elon Musk's pioneering electric car company, originally offered its Model S sedan in two variants. The difference was a few lines of software code that [...]

Published
2017

146. It's Not Irrational. It's Signaling Behavior

Author

Frank, Robert H.

Subjects
Senators -- Behavior -- Evaluation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Because economists generally assume that people behave rationally, you might expect members of my profession to have been flummoxed by the behavior of many United States senators during the repeated, [...]

Published
2017

147. Why Single-Payer Health Care Saves Money

Author

Frank, Robert H.

Subjects
Single payer system (Health care) -- Economic aspects -- Laws, regulations and rules, Health care costs -- Economic aspects, Health care reform -- Economic aspects -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Abstract

Lingering uncertainty about the fate of the Affordable Care Act has spurred the California legislature to consider adoption of a statewide single-payer health care system. Sometimes described as Medicare for [...]

Published
2017

148. Next for Obamacare: Could It Be Medicare for All?

Author

Frank, Robert H.

Subjects
Medicare -- Political aspects -- Laws, regulations and rules, Health care reform -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Political aspects, Government regulation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, American Health Care Act of 2017 (Draft)
Abstract

Republicans are in a bind. They've been promising to repeal Obamacare for seven years, and having won control of the White House and Congress, they had to try to deliver. [...]

Published
2017

149. What Comes Next for Obamacare? The Case for Medicare for All

Author

Frank, Robert H.

Subjects
Political parties, Medicare -- Political aspects, Bills, Legislative -- Political aspects, General interest, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Abstract

Byline: ROBERT H. FRANK Republicans are in a bind. They've been promising to repeal Obamacare for seven years, and having won control of the White House and Congress, they had [...]

Published
2017

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