Hacker News with Generative AI: Social Inequality

Myth of Meritocracy (wikipedia.org)
Myth of meritocracy is a phrase arguing that meritocracy, or achieving upward social mobility through one's own merits regardless of one's social position, is not widely attainable in capitalist societies because of inherent contradictions.
Social Inequality, Capitalism, Sociology
12 points by DiscourseFan 12 days ago | 5 comments
An academic Great Gatsby Curve – How much academic success is inherited? (lse.ac.uk)
To what extent does academic success follow success? Drawing on a dataset of mentor-mentee relations and their citations, Ye Sun, Fabio Caccioli, Xiancheng Li and Giacomo Livan suggest the dynamics of citation and wealth inequality are surprisingly similar.
Academic Research, Social Inequality, Education, Economics
34 points by nabla9 28 days ago | 42 comments
Survey: Growing number of U.S. adults lack literacy skills (nbcnews.com)
The share of adults with literacy skills at the lowest measured levels increased substantially as the gap between the high-skilled and low-skilled in the U.S. expands, according to new data from the National Center for Education Statistics’ latest survey of adult skills.
Education, Literacy, United States, Surveys, Social Inequality
11 points by madihaa 38 days ago | 2 comments
How the Ivy League Broke America (theatlantic.com)
The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.
Education, Social Inequality, Meritocracy, United States
69 points by yarapavan 54 days ago | 96 comments
The Math Says It's Getting Harder to Break into the American Middle Class (bloomberg.com)
As US Election Day approaches, inflation is largely tamed and wage gains have lifted incomes. Yet the economy remains the most pressing issue in the presidential race for one big reason: Increasingly, for many Americans, the long-standing building blocks of middle-class life feel frustratingly unattainable.
Economics, Social Inequality, United States, Middle Class, Politics
15 points by mgh2 92 days ago | 4 comments
Class 'Inequity' Fuels Air Rage (avweb.com)
A little-known 2016 study by Princeton University researchers is getting attention again for a different take on why airline passengers are so grumpy these days.
Air Travel, Sociology, Social Inequality
32 points by thunderbong 111 days ago | 46 comments
The American dream is dead for many. Social democracy can bring it back (theguardian.com)
The widening life expectancy gap between poor and rich Americans, which now averages more than 10 years, is perhaps the most dramatic example of a basic point that most of us take for granted: a kid growing up in a wealthy area is likely to have a wildly better life outcome compared to one growing up in a poor one.
Social Inequality, Economics, United States, Political Systems
11 points by rbanffy 122 days ago | 4 comments
The American Dream Feels Out of Reach for Most (wsj.com)
Social Inequality, Economics, United States
6 points by fortran77 143 days ago | 0 comments
Congress shouldn't pass AI protections only rich people can use (fightforthefuture.org)
Artificial Intelligence, Policy, Social Inequality
19 points by hassanahmad 143 days ago | 1 comments
Richest Americans Now Pay Less Tax Than Working Class in Historical First (newsweek.com)
Taxation, Economics, Social Inequality, United States
60 points by ahiknsr 253 days ago | 92 comments