Harvard Professor Roland Fryer is someone you should know about. He works to quantify the impact of race and inequality on American society. An Economics professor, Fryer applies the tools of economic modelling and analysis to investigate situations that are often discussed without a framework for evaluation. His studies include:
‘The Causes and Consequences of Distinctly Black Names’
‘Acting white: the social price paid by the best and brightest minority students’
‘Measuring Crack Cocaine and its impact’ on urban neighborhoods
 His latest project is The American Inequality Lab:
… is devoted to understanding the causes and consequences of inequality …