June 2008, JEL, p. 426, in review of Robert Frank’s Falling Behind: How Rising Inequality Harms the Middle Class by Frank Levy:
… By that time [mid 1980s] many of the trends noted by Frank were already underway. Since the late 1960s, the American Council of Education has been measuring the attitudes of college freshmen. [...]
5/10. OK but unconvinced that this was an event of such fascination/significant as to be worthy of a cinematic documentary. By the end was more interested in the personal relationships (and why they broke down) than the tight-rope walk itself. Unfortunately, these other areas remain relatively unexplored (perhaps rather reasonably people didn’t want to go [...]
7/10 (8/10 for genre). A sound successor to the first installment and well above average for its genre. Ledger’s performance as the Joker is indeed spellbinding. However, to my mind, the film was not as amazing as some of the reviews had made out. In particular, it made the classic error of many modern action [...]
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