Social Darwinism of this sort, which was closely linked with the eugenics movement of the early 20th century, is pretty much discredited these days. http://en.

Social Darwinism of this sort, which was closely linked with the eugenics movement of the early 20th century, is pretty much discredited these days. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Darwinism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Darwinism In answer to your question I would say that I'm not aware of any evidence which strongly links IQ to wealth, and anecdotally I've known plenty of very intelligent people who were also poor, and a few wealthy individuals who I had an extremely low opinion of intellectually. I'm also sceptical about the whole nature of IQ, and think that it's probably not reasonable to assume that intelligence is one dimensional.