Yes, in general, people who have better educations and who worker harder/smarter will be wealthier than those who do no work at all. One can hardly disagree with that.
I’m referring to generalities of the outliers in the set of people who work. Of people who work and who have equivalent educations, I think networks (including familial wealth and/or social standing) will affect a person’s wealth/income far more than their work ethic or productivity.[/quote]
I’m not sure if networks will affect a person’s wealth/income MORE (but it’s possible), but I agree that such networks will affect wealth/income more than they *should.* Also, I’d say that Luck and Personality (“Social IQ”) play large roles.
