Monday, July 22, 2013

It’s Not Just The Royals: In The US, Your Parents’ Wealth Determines Your Own

It’s Not Just The Royals: In The US, Your Parents’ Wealth Determines Your Own: Americans may be mocking the royal baby fever gripping the United Kingdom after Kate Middleton gave birth to a son on Monday, but our social structures may be just as fossilized as in the monarchy. American children have very little chance of climbing out of the social class they’re born into, a new study described [...]/p