Aram Zucker-Scharff

“Although on the surface the United States is a meritocracy and committed to equal opportunity, in fact it is ‘creating a rigid class hierarchy based on ascription and birth.’”

– The best way to nab your dream job out of college? Be born rich. – Quartz

“”We pay banks for the privilege of fleecing us, a fact made obvious by the growing slice of corporate profits generated by the financial sector. Employment in the financial sector hovers around 5 percent of the American workforce, while they skim a third of all corporate profits off the top. They create nothing and add nothing, so in essence, a massive chunk of American profit is made up of handling fees.””

– The big “middle class” rip-off: How a short sale taught me rich people’s ethics.

“This education gap is a problem not only for the teenagers on the wrong end of it. It’s a problem for the American economy. The economic differences between college graduates and everyone else have reached record levels. Yet for many low-income children – even many who get A’s in high school and do well on the SAT – college remains out of reach. No wonder that upward mobility is less common in the United States than in many other rich countries.”

– Top Colleges That Enroll Rich, Middle Class and Poor.