# In an op-ed, Research Scholar Robert Frank argues that luck plays a role in the attainment of wealth, from his book, "Success and Luck"

1 Faculty News April 27, 2016 ![Vox logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/vox%20192%20x%20144.jpg?itok=ZSNFzKfo)>

Excerpt from [Vox](http://www.vox.com/2016/4/27/11433650/taxes-rich-people) -- "Evidence suggests that failure to recognize luck's role in success increases tax resistance by reinforcing the natural sense of entitlement to income produced by the fruits of one's own labor."

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