The Son Also Rises: Surnames and the History of Social Mobility (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World)
Description: The Son Also Rises: Surnames and the History of Social Mobility examines the persistence of social status across generations by analyzing surnames to measure social mobility over centuries. Gregory Clark presents data on inheritance of economic and social position
ISBN: 0691168377
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doveryai
· 2021-12-27
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In large part hereditary, like most things.
https://www.amazon.com/Son-Also-Rises-Surnames-Princeton/dp/...
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However he’s an economist, not a geneticist. And the description of the book on Amazon focuses on last names and ancestry, not genetics.
https://www.amazon.com/Son-Also-Rises-Surnames-Princeton/dp/...
This book looks to me like it’s arguing that social policies don’t do much to affect familial networks, not that it’s arguing that the elites all have magical genes that keep them on top.