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What causes inequality?

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Hint: Studies have shown the best predictor of success in America is how wealthy or poor your parents are.

Here’s an interesting subtext: An experiment by a Harvard researcher that tested employer attitudes found a white job applicant (actually a research associate) claiming to have just been released from prison was as likely to be called for a second interview as a black man (also a research associate) with no criminal record.

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