Originally Posted by Bostonian
Originally Posted by aquinas
Interesting and unsurprising, though giftedness doesn't imply high SES, or vice-versa, though.

Statistically, it does. On average, intelligent people are more productive, earn more, and have smarter children.


I would love to see the recent studies that support this. I do understand that America was once (1950-1970s) a more meritocratic society thanks to the GI bill but nowadays I get the sense that the access to high SES occupations is restricted to a few high achievers (on tests that have a strong correlation with intelligence/strong work ethic) and a lot of non high achieving members of select populations. I desperately want to be proved wrong here so some recent studies showing that things are still meritocratic in the USA would help.

Last edited by madeinuk; 04/10/13 03:55 AM.
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