The talent paradox: why is it fair to reward talent but not luck?
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Talent; luck; effort; fairness; inequality;All these keywords.
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- C9 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments
- D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
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