EXTRA: Roland Fryer Refuses to Lie to Black America (Update)
His research on police brutality and school incentives won him acclaim, but also enemies. He was suspended for two years by Harvard, during which time he took a hard look at corporate diversity programs. As a follow-up to our recent series on the Rooney Rule, we revisit our 2022 conversation with the controversial economist.
- SOURCE:
- Roland Fryer, professor of economics at Harvard University.
- RESOURCES:
- "How to Make Up the Covid Learning Loss," by Roland Fryer (Wall Street Journal, 2022).
- "Roland Fryer on Better Alternatives to Defunding the Police," by Roland Fryer (The Economist, 2020).
- "Harvard Suspends Roland Fryer, Star Economist, After Sexual Harassment Claims," by Ben Casselman and Jim Tankersley (The New York Times, 2019).
- "Why Diversity Programs Fail: And What Works Better," by Frank Dobbin and Alexandra Kalev (Harvard Business Review, 2016).
- "An Empirical Analysis of Racial Differences in Police Use of Force," by Roland G. Fryer, Jr (NBER Working Paper, 2016).
- "Getting Beneath the Veil of Effective Schools: Evidence from New York City," by Will Dobbie and Roland G. Fryer (American Economics Journal, 2013).
- "Financial Incentives and Student Achievement: Evidence From Randomized Trials," by Roland G. Fryer (The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2011).
- "Toward a Unified Theory of Black America," by Stephen J. Dubner (The New York Times, 2005).
- Equal Opportunity Ventures.
- Intus Care.
- Reconstruction.
- Sigma Squared.
- EXTRAS:
- "Did the N.F.L. Solve Diversity Hiring?" series by Freakonomics Radio (2024).
- "The True Story of the Gender Pay Gap," by Freakonomics Radio (2016).
- "Does “Early Education” Come Way Too Late?" by Freakonomics Radio (2015).
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