The Book Prize Index

Success and Luck: Good Fortune and the Myth of Meritocracy

Robert H. Frank

"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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Award History

0 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
PROSE Award for Economics2017Honorable mentionOfficial source
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Experimental book profileGenerated by GPT-5.4 nano · may contain inaccuracies

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  1. 01 Central figures

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    Chance plays a much larger role than people imagine in important life situations, and a more accurate understanding of this should help produce better, richer, and fairer economies and societies.

    Model confidence 72%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    44 / 100 academic

    Trade / academic crossover

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 78%.