"The idea that you are successful because you are smart and hardworking is pernicious and wrong, because it means everyone who is unsuccessful is stupid and lazy."
— Minouche Shafik

January 1, 1970

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"Minouche Shafik: ‘The idea that you are successful because you are hardworking is pernicious’" in The Guardian (22 January 2022)