How chance and luck profoundly shape our lives
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Social class, gender and race are well known as key drivers of life outcomes. But there are also countless ‘ripples of randomness’ that can inexplicably change our direction and shift life’s flow.

Mark Rank: Professor of Social Welfare at Washington University in St. Louis. Author of The Random factor: How chance and luck profoundly shape our lives and the world around us ) (University of California Press; April 2024),