Katz, Lawrence2017-11-292016Katz, Lawrence F. 2016. “Roland Fryer: 2015 John Bates Clark Medalist.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 30 (1) (February): 207–224. doi:10.1257/jep.30.1.207.0895-3309http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:34391682Roland Fryer is an extraordinary applied microeconomist whose research output related to racial inequality, the US racial achievement gap, and the design and evaluation of educational policies make him a worthy recipient of the 2015 John Bates Clark Medal. I will divide this survey of Roland's research into five categories: the racial achievement gap, education policies and reforms, economics of social interactions, the economics of discrimination and anti-discrimination policies, and further topics involving the black-white racial divide.en-USJournal Article2017-11-2910.1257/jep.30.1.207