The Random Factor: How Chance and Luck Profoundly Shape Our Lives and the World around Us

"Much of the power of the book comes from the discussion of 'chance and luck' operating at a far more mundane level in the lives of ordinary people. . . . Whether a person winds up in poverty is largely the result of factors outside their control."-Jacobin

A poverty expert reveals how truly random the world is-including how economic inequality is experienced-and how we can learn to acknowledge chance and appreciate it.

It's comforting to think that we can be successful because we work hard,...