Biography
Economist at Cornell working on behavioral economics, inequality, and economic policy with public intellectual engagement.
Sample Works
- The Winner-Take-All Society: Why the Few at the Top Get So Much More Than the Rest of Us (1995) Book
- The Darwin Economy: Liberty, Competition, and the Common Good (2011) Book
- Success and Luck: Good Fortune and the Myth of Meritocracy (2016) Book
- The Economic Naturalist: In Search of Explanations for Everyday Enigmas (2007) Book
- Passions Within Reason: The Strategic Role of the Emotions (1988) Book
- Luxury Fever: Why Money Fails to Satisfy in an Era of Excess (1999) Book
Roundtable Appearances
February 26, 2022 · ▶ Video
People & Things in Motion: Economics and the Future
The roundtable examined how economics intersects with contemporary crises. The organizers noted that "The Dismal Science seems to analyze and involve most aspects of our lives,"...
Nicholas Economides, Robert H. Frank, Richard Howarth, Jennifer Jacquet, David W. Schwartzman
October 13, 2012 · ▶ Video
Why Do Economists Disagree?
"A pre-election roundtable of a politically diverse group of noted economic theorists exploring their philosophical convergences and divergences."
Graciela Chichilnisky, Robert H. Frank, Jeffrey Miron, Joseph Salerno