European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch – 11 July | 84 comments (84 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Poor childraising responsible for inequality (4.00 / 2)

Maybe one could deconstruct it by questioning whether the causation is in the direction the article proposes, or the opposite one (poverty causes poor child-rearing, therefore inequality damages the future human capital of society as a whole) and then moving on to correlation doesn't imply causation.

Can the last politician to go out the revolving door please turn the lights off?

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jul 12th, 2007 at 11:49:53 AM EST
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Re: Poor childraising responsible for inequality (none / 1)

Absolutely. There are no doubt behaviours that are more likely to produce socio-economic "success" than others. The question is why these behaviours are reproduced.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Thu Jul 12th, 2007 at 02:20:48 PM EST
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Re: Poor childraising responsible for inequality (none / 1)

The unsuccessful ones, that is.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Thu Jul 12th, 2007 at 02:23:07 PM EST
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Re: Poor childraising responsible for inequality (4.00 / 2)

In the absence of (sometimes quite drastic) corrective action, complex systems reinforce differences. This is quite different from the relaxation to equilibrium and homogeneity that one observes in simple systems.

Can the last politician to go out the revolving door please turn the lights off?

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jul 12th, 2007 at 06:27:08 PM EST
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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch – 11 July | 84 comments (84 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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