Fun with infographics #1: Meritocracy, part 2

[This is a continuation of the previous post, in which I comment on Richard V. Reeves’ and Isabel V. Sawhill’s paper, “Equality of Opportunity: Definitions, Trends, and Interventions,” which was presented at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston’s annual conference this month.] Children who go on to achieve a college degree, irrespective of their parents’ income,…

Fun with infographics #1: Meritocracy, part 1

Reporter Matt O’Brien (Washington Post persona here, Twitter persona here) wrote a little blog post article on October 18 entitled, “Poor kids who do everything right don’t do better than rich kids who do everything wrong.” In it, he offers some interesting, well-cited information to corroborate the below graph/infographic. For example, he mentions how high-income parents spend more…

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