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CAU on-campus program: Success and Luck: How Chance Events Help Shape Our Personal and Financial Destinies, led by Robert H. Frank

Saturday, August 1, 2015

Cornell campus

In this CAU summer class, Cornell economist and New York Times columnist Robert H. Frank will demonstrate how seemingly minor chance events often shape our lives in unexpectedly profound ways. He'll explain how, in a world increasingly dominated by winner-take-all markets, even tiny advantages often translate into enormous differences in earnings and how our tendency to deny luck's importance has led to bad policy choices.

The good news, says Bob, is that simple measures could free up more than enough money to tackle long-overdue infrastructure maintenance, expand health coverage, curb carbon emissions, and do much to reduce poverty, all without requiring painful sacrifices from anyone.

This program is part of Cornell’s Adult University (CAU), which offers acclaimed education vacations designed and led by Cornell faculty. Programs include off-campus travel adventures and weeklong on-campus summer courses open to all, including Cornell alumni, families, and friends.

For more information and to register, visit www.cau.cornell.edu, e-mail cauinfo@cornell.edu, or call 607.255.6260.

 

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Event Type

Seminar

Departments

Cornell University School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions

Tags

Alumni, Travel, School of Continuing Education, Cornell's Adult University, CAU, cau-on

Website

http://www.sce.cornell.edu/cau/on_cam...

Cost

See website.

Contact E-Mail

cauinfo@cornell.edu

Contact Name

Catherine Penner

Contact Phone

607.255.6260

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