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Success and luck : good fortune and the myth of meritocracy / Robert H. Frank.

By: Publisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2016]Copyright date: 2016Description: xx, 187 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780691167404
  • 0691167400
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HB71 .F69584 2016
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.
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Status Barcode
Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Non-fiction Main Collection HB 71 .F69584 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 5163967

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

"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.

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