Loosening the link between birth and success would make America richer
February 2, 2015 5:01 AM Subscribe
As the importance of intellectual capital grows, privilege has become increasingly heritable. When the candidates for the Republican presidential nomination line up on stage for their first debate in August, there may be three contenders whose fathers also ran for president. Whoever wins may face the wife of a former president next year.
This post was deleted for the following reason: This is pretty slight for a post, and the pullquote part is already being discussed here -- taz
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