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 broken pillar of the wing jags from the clotted shoulder,
    The wing trails like a banner in defeat,”
    —Robinson Jeffers (1887–1962)

    “When we locked up the house at night,
    We always locked the flowers outside
    And cut them off from window light.”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)