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Look at many articles, including this one: http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21595437-america-no-less-socially-mobile-it-was-generation-ago-mobility-m

• yummyfajitas 13y ago
  Unless you have evidence that merit is uncorrelated with class, your data does not support your conclusion.
  • nhaehnle 13y ago
    Yeah, CJefferson probably expressed her/himself badly in what s/he was trying to say, but there are better ways to express that - your response comes across as snarky and trolling (and yes, I know who you are). For certain definitions of "merit", it is obvious and plain for everybody to see that class has a great impact on "merit". From conception, the children of upper class parents have an advantage that ends up being visible in fairly objective measures of e.g. intelligence. This is not what the debate is about, though. Actually, anatari already pointed this out; I quote: " Also depends on what you define as merit. [...]"
• barry-cotter 13y ago
  Intergenerational social mobility is basically invariant across human societies. See The Son Also Rises, Gregory Clark. Sweden, Britain, China, almost identical. Note, China, communism, cultural revolution and all didn't have any lasting effect on social mobility.