Fryer: Economics neglected equal opportunity in favor of silly topics
Roland Fryer · Harvard Economist: The Truth About Police Brutality · Joe Lonsdale · Sep 20, 2024 · at 6:31
Harvard economist Roland Fryer explains why he pursued economics and sought to apply its analytical tools to social mobility and inequality.
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“What I noticed was these tools were beautiful, but used for silly things. And the things that were most important for American optimism like how do people get jobs that are equated with their skill level? How do you actually make true equal opportunity in America? Those things were led to politicians and other pundits to debate, and we weren't using the brilliant tools of economics to study those, and that's what I wanted to change.”
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