The American dream : origins and prospects -- On being made of the right stuff : the case for merit -- The silver spoon : inheritance and the staggered start -- It's not what you know but -- : social and cultural capital -- Making the grade : education and mobility -- Being in the right place at the right time : the luck factor -- I did it my way : the decline of self-employment and the ascent of corporations -- An unlevel playing field : racism, sexism, and other isms -- Growing inequality in the twenty-first century.
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