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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.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Politics & government Political science & theory

• Full title: Success and Luck
• Author: Robert H. Frank
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 208
• EAN: 9780691167404
• ISBN: 9780691167404
• ID: 02794330
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Weight: 398 g
• Dimensions: 151 × 223 × 21 mm
• Date of publishing: 22. March 2016

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