Re: social mobility

[Robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

 > From: Noelle <noelle>
 > Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 10:27:52 -0700 (PDT)
 >
 > I am confused about what he means. so the successful families are 
 > genetically superior and pass that on to kids? what about the parents 
 > telling their kids what to do, getting them internships(ha :) helping them 
 > with college applications etc? this guy is economic historian, what does 
 > he know about genetics? 

I'm doubtful about this research.  I don't know how you can tease apart
genetic determinism versus "genetic discrimination" (i.e., discrimination
based on appearance, inclinations, linguistic mannerisms, etc.).

It could be a good argument, however, that social mobility shouldn't be
the goal (I think he said this in the interview), but that imposed income
equality should be.  I.e., a Hegelian argument that it is your material
means that influences your fate.

 > On Tue, 31 Mar 2015, Robert wrote:
 >  >  > From: http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (Robert)
 >  >  > Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 10:17:46 -0700
 >  >  >
 >  >  > So, is this guy arguing something similar to the Bell Curve?
 >  > 
 >  > ...and, more importantly, does this mean that Germany consists primarily
 >  > of the master race because they have a more egalitarian society?