This Times op-ed on why people born in certain counties dominate Wikipedia entries spends a lot of words to miss the obvious answer. An excerpt: The first striking fact in the data was the enormous geographic variation in the likelihood of becoming a big success,...
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A very interesting report showing that despite the constant discussion of the middle class in the media and by our politicians, as many Americans openly identify as working class as.
Reading such an eloquent dissection of privilege, I can almost forget that the Atlantic also employed Megan McCardle for half a decade. But the game is rigged. I know this.