Books by Robert H. Frank

Robert H. Frank, Under the Influence: Putting Peer Pressure to Work .

That is a question posed by Robert H. Frank in his forthcoming book Success and Luck: Good Fortune and the Myth of Meritocracy .  The main point of this book is to illuminate the major role which luck plays in our lives and then to flesh out the social and policy implications of that fact.

That is the title of Robert H. Frank's latest book , published by Basic Books and due out later this month.  The subtitle is Common Sense Principles for Troubled Times .  I received my copy today and of course it goes to a prominent spot in my "to read" pile.

1. Falling Behind: How Rising Inequality Harms the Middle Class , by Robert Frank (the economist Robert Frank).  The best statement of the Frankian world view; every book of his is full of ideas and there are very few authors you can say that about.

In any case that excerpt is from Robert Frank’s new The Economic Naturalist .  Here is Craig Newmark’s review of the book .  Here is Brad DeLong on the book .  Here is my previous post on the book .