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Is Success Due to Hard Work, Talent, or Luck?

Money For the Rest of Us

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How Randomness Can Affect Your Career

A series of papers showed how randomness can impact the results. One paper looked at scientific careers and found that their highest impact work was randomly distributed. Those with earlier surname initials were more likely to receive tenure in top US economics departments.

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