Fathers and Sons. Surnames and history of social mobility

How much is our fate associated with the social status of our parents and parents of our parents? How much does this affect our children? More than we would like to think. Although it was customary to believe that the rigid class structures were gradually eroded, giving way to greater social equality, Gregori Clark shows that the movement along the social ladder has changed little over eight centuries: the level of mobility is lower than it is commonly believed, in different societies it remains about the same and is about the same and is resistant to social policy. The good news is that these patterns are due to inheritance of abilities and the origin does not create undeserved advantages. The bad news is that our fate is largely predetermined by origin. Clark claims that since our place in the world is significantly predetermined, we should avoid creating societies in which the winner receives everything