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Success and Luck - Good Fortune and the Myth of Meritocracy (Paperback)
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Success and Luck - Good Fortune and the Myth of Meritocracy (Paperback)
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From New York Times bestselling author and economics columnist
Robert Frank, a compelling book that explains why the rich
underestimate the importance of luck in their success, why that
hurts everyone, and what we can do about it 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.
Frank describes how, in a world increasingly dominated by
winner-take-all markets, chance opportunities and trivial initial
advantages often translate into much larger ones--and enormous
income differences--over time; how false beliefs about luck
persist, despite compelling evidence against them; and how myths
about personal success and luck shape individual and political
choices in harmful ways. But, Frank argues, we could decrease the
inequality driven by sheer luck by adopting simple, unintrusive
policies that would free up trillions of dollars each year--more
than enough to fix our crumbling infrastructure, expand healthcare
coverage, fight global warming, and reduce poverty, all without
requiring painful sacrifices from anyone. If this sounds
implausible, you'll be surprised to discover that the solution
requires only a few, noncontroversial steps. 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.
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