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  P ublished on   March 12, 2019  in Quillette Attraction Inequality and the Dating Economy Jesus said that the poor would always be with us. Despite the best efforts of philanthropists and redistributionists over the last two millennia, he has been right so far. Every nation in the world has poor and rich, separated by birth and luck and choice. The inequality between rich and poor, and its causes and remedies, are discussed ad nauseam in public policy debates, campaign platforms, and social media screeds. However, the relentless focus on inequality among politicians is usually quite narrow: they tend to consider inequality only in monetary terms, and to treat “inequality” as basically synonymous with “income inequality.” There are so many other types of inequality that get air time less often or not at all: inequality of talent, height, number of friends, longevity, inner peace, health, charm, gumption, intelligence, and fortitude. And finally, there is a type of inequa...

            Information Processing Pessimism of the Intellect, Optimism of the Will      Favorite posts  |  Manifold podcast  | Twitter:  @hsu_steve View my complete profile Sunday, March 21, 2021 The Contribution of Cognitive and Noncognitive Skills to Intergenerational Social Mobility (McGue et al. 2020) If you have the slightest pretension to serious knowledge concerning social mobility, meritocracy, inequality, genetics, psychology, economics, education, history, or any related subjects, I urge you to carefully study this paper. The Contribution of Cognitive and Noncognitive Skills to Intergenerational Social Mobility    (Psychological Science  https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797620924677 ) Matt McGue, Emily A. Willoughby, Aldo Rustichini, Wendy Johnson, William G. Iacono, James J. Lee  We investigated intergenerational educational and occupational mobility in a sample of 2,594 adult offspring and 2,530...