“There's no indication that middle-income families feel resentful about the bigger mansions and yachts. But the near-rich, whose social circles intersect those of the rich, are subtly influenced by them.” FeelsSocialRichMiddleBiggerCirclesIncomeIndicationMansionsYachtResentful Author:Bob Frank
“Virtually all families in the middle of the earnings distribution aspire to send their children to a school of at least average quality. (We'd think ill of any parent whose aspirations were lower.) The rub is that the best schools tend to be located in more expensive neighborhoods.” ThinkingChildrenSchoolParentQualityMiddleAverageIllAspirationExpensiveNeighborhoodAspireEarningDistributionBest School Author:Bob Frank
“The upshot is that to send its children to a school of even average quality, a family must outbid half of other similar families who are pursuing the same goal. And that's become dramatically more expensive because of the growth in median house size, which was in turn caused by higher spending at the top.” ChildrenSchoolTurnsHouseGoalGrowthHalfQualityHigherAverageSizeSpendingExpensiveMedian Author:Bob Frank
“In the long run, greater investment would mean greater productivity and income growth.” MeanLongRunningGrowthGreaterInvestmentProductivityIncomeLong Runs Author:Bob Frank
“Ever since the Great Depression, economists have known that demand shortages tend to persist in the wake of severe financial crises like the ones that happened in 1929 and 2008.” KnownHappenedDemandCrisisFinancialPersistSevereEconomistShortageGreat DepressionFinancial Crisis Author:Bob Frank
“I've wanted to work with my father for 30 years, and I'm really grateful that I finally had the opportunity, and it ended up - the experience and, I believe, the film - better than I could ever have hoped for.” YearsBelieveWantedFilmFatherOpportunityI BelieveGratefulHaving Hope Author:Kiefer Sutherland
“What I ended up doing was kind of crafting an idea for a story, presenting it to a writer - a dear friend of mine, Brad Mirman - and he ended up writing a beautiful script. I should've done that a lot earlier.” ShouldWritingKindIdeasDoneStoriesBeautifulMinesDearScriptsPresentingDear FriendBrad Author:Kiefer Sutherland
“I didn't grow up with my dad, so it was always very funny to me, and always has been, what an important part DNA plays in one's life.” Has BeensImportantPlayGrowsGrowing UpDadMy DadDna Author:Kiefer Sutherland
“Westerns just thematically, as a genre, have kind of a few tent poles that I really admire, and one of them is this perception that life was simpler back then. And with that perception goes that people were good or people were bad. You survived by your strengths or you perished by your weaknesses.” PeopleKindPerceptionWeaknessAdmireGenreSurvivedTents Author:Kiefer Sutherland