Roland G. Fryer Jr.

Roland G. Fryer Jr. in April 2006

Roland G. Fryer Jr. (born June 4, 1977) is an American economist and professor at Harvard University. He has received numerous awards, including a MacArthur Fellowship in 2011 and the John Bates Clark Medal in 2015.

Quotes

• [Why he is willing to suffer consequences from detractors for his research:] I don't covet what they covet.
  • "Economist Roland Fryer on Adversity, Race, and Refusing to Conform" (at 36m34s), Honestly with Bari Weiss, 13 February 2024.

• One of my secret obsessions [...] is to force people to have civil discourse. I spend hours doing it.
  • "Economist Roland Fryer on Adversity, Race, and Refusing to Conform" (at 42m7s), Honestly with Bari Weiss, 13 February 2024.