2006 Headlines
Professor Robert Frank Scores Monthly Column in Times
The Johnson School's Robert H. Frank, Henrietta Johnson Louis Professor of Management, and Professor of Economics, writes monthly for the New York Times' "Economic Scene" column. His latest column, "Right for the Wrong Reasons: Why Galbraith Never Got the Prize," appeared May 11, 2006, in the paper's Business section and on its web site. Frank writes about the thinking of the late John Kenneth Galbraith, who died in April, and postulates as to why the widely read economist never received the Nobel Prize. Galbraith wrote The Affluent Society in 1958, the groundbreaking commentary on the American society's obsession with consumer luxuries. Professor Frank has pursued similar lines in his research, which he writes about in his 1998 book Luxury Fever: Why Money Fails to Satisfy in an Era of Excess.
Frank's previous "Economic Scene" column have covered the economic realities of polygamy and terminating life support for indigent patients.
