Broken Window

Broken window may refer to:

  • The parable of the broken window, a parable from an 1850 essay by Frédéric Bastiat that originated the "broken window fallacy" of economics.
  • "Broken Windows", a 1982 magazine article by James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling that originated the "broken windows theory" of sociology.
  • Fixing Broken Windows, a 1996 book by George L. Kelling and Catherine Coles that further popularized the broken windows theory.
  • "Broken Window", the B-side to the 2007 single "Keep the Car Running" by Arcade Fire
  • The Broken Window, a 2008 crime thriller novel by Jeffery Deaver

Famous quotes containing the words broken and/or window:

    “The path of social advancement is, and must be, strewn with broken friendships.”
    —H.G. (Herbert George)

    “The figure of the gunman in the window was inextricable from the victim and his history. This sustained Oswald in his cell. It gave him what he needed to live. The more time he spent in a cell, the stronger he would get. Everybody knew who he was now.”
    —Don Delillo (b. 1926)