NYT Shows the Increasing Role of Luck and Randomness on Its Oped Page

The country is suffering as a result of continued high unemployment, growing inequality, and a the loss of trillions of dollars of wealth that has left the huge baby boom cohorts unprepared for retirement. In this situation what does the NYT put on its oped page? A piece by Todd and Victoria Buchholz complaining that young people increasing think that luck is the main determinant of economic outcomes in the United States.

It is understandable that young people would see luck as the main...