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yboris · 2020-04-04 · Original thread
The fantastic book[1] The Haves and the Have-Nots: A Brief and Idiosyncratic History of Global Inequality by Branko Milanovic points out that the 3 most-important correlated determinants of financial success in life are, in order:

1. Geography (which country you're born in)

2. Parents' finances

3. Your gender

These 3 explain the vast majority of the variance in income between people. Knowing these 3 facts about a person allows you to predict their income with high accuracy (small 90% confidence interval).

[1] https://www.amazon.com/Haves-Have-Nots-Idiosyncratic-History...

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