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Robert H. Frank
Robert H. Frank is professor emeritus of Economics at Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management.
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How Inequality Caused America’s Affordability Crisis
Americans’ correct impression that it takes more and more income just to get by long predates recent bursts of inflation.
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