Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Roland Fryer Jr. Becomes a MacArthur Genius

The MacArthur Foundation presents very generous awards to professionals in diverse fields to enable them to extend their work. This involves an annual payment of US$ 100,000 per year for five consecutive years. I am glad to note that Roland Fryer Jr. is one of the recipients this year especially because he does wonderfully insightful work by use of the powerful tools of economics to investigate issues of race in the United States. Prof. Fryer's work stands in a good place for his professional interest tend to cover important areas in which the findings could inform direct policy in areas such as education and use of experiments. Congratulations to the 22 professionals. More brain power to all of them.

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