Quote of the day: Rise to the Top
But the chances of a person born poor climbing all five classes into the top (“making it”)[...]are too small to constitute a real freedom.[...], one sociologist puts the upper class at roughly 3 percent of the population. About 7.7% of that has moved in from below – a minute, and historically persistent, figure.[...]But the trick of flaunting possibility to mask actual probability is not a casual device.
(h/t to the Barefoot Bum)
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About this entry
- Published:
- 03.01.09 / 9pm
- Category:
- Zoulapia
- Tags:
- greed, Probability, Quote of the Day, Sociology
- Word count:
- 73
