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Success and Luck: Good Fortune and the Myth of Meritocracy

 
Success and Luck: Good Fortune and the Myth of Meritocracy

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How important is luck in economic success? No question more reliably divides conservatives from liberals. As conservatives correctly observe, people who amass great fortunes are almost always talented and hardworking. But liberals are also correct to note that countless others have those same qualities yet never earn much. In recent years, social scientists have discovered that chance plays a much larger role in important life outcomes than most people imagine. In Success and Luck, bestselling author and New York Times economics columnist Robert Frank explores the surprising implications of those findings to show why the rich underestimate the importance of luck in success--and why that hurts everyone, even the wealthy; Compellingly readable, Success and Luck shows how a more accurate understanding of the role of chance in life could lead to better, richer, and fairer economies and societies.

Product details

EAN/ISBN:
9780691167404
Medium:
Bound edition
Number of pages:
186
Publication date:
2016-03-22
Publisher:
Princeton Univers. Press
Languages:
english
Manufacturer:
Unknown
EAN/ISBN:
9780691167404
Medium:
Bound edition
Number of pages:
186
Publication date:
2016-03-22
Publisher:
Princeton Univers. Press
Languages:
english
Manufacturer:
Unknown

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