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Most students who take introductory economics seem to leave the course without really having learned even the most important basic economic principles.

Robert H. Frank

In short both the things we feel we need and the things available for us to buy depend largely—beyond some point, almost entirely—on the things that others choose to buy.

Robert H. Frank

The most common mistake we make as teachers is attempting to tell our students too much.

Robert H. Frank

Robert H. Frank

Robert H. Frank

Born: January 2, 1945 (age 81)

Bio: Robert Harris Frank is the Henrietta Johnson Louis Professor of Management and a Professor of Economics at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University.

Known for:

Microeconomics and behavior (1991)
Principles of Economics (1982)
The Winner-Take-All Society (1995)
Passions within reason (1988)

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