# Research Scholar Robert Frank's new book, "Success and Luck," is featured

1 Faculty News April 24, 2016 ![Fortune logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_031172.jpg?itok=61CxYB-R)>

Excerpt from [Fortune](http://fortune.com/2016/04/24/books-societal-challenges/) -- "Is it better to be lucky or good? That’s the timeless question posed by New York Times economics columnist [Robert H. Frank](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/robert-frank), made more pressing in today’s era of growing inequality. Frank comes down on the side of kismet."

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