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Success and luck : good fortune and the myth of meritocracy
- Title
- Success and luck : good fortune and the myth of meritocracy / Robert H. Frank.
- Author
- Frank, Robert H.
- Publication
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2016]
- ©2016
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | HB71 .F69584 2016 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xx, 187 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "A New York Times economics columnist explores the findings in recent years by scientists who have discovered that chance plays a much larger role in important life situations than most people imagine, showing how a more accurate understanding of this discovery could lead to better, richer and fairer economies and societies, "--NoveList.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-182) and index.
- Contents
- Write What You Know -- Why Seemingly Trivial Random Events Matter -- How Winner-Take-All Markets Magnify Luck's Role -- Why the Biggest Winners Are Almost Always Lucky -- Why False Beliefs about Luck and Talent Persist -- The Burden of False Beliefs -- We're in Luck: A Golden Opportunity -- Being Grateful.
- ISBN
- 9780691167404
- 0691167400
- LCCN
- 2015040858
- 99968675023
- OCLC
- 927619314
- ocn927619314
- SCSB-9402605
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries