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1、SFIBulletinSANTAFEINSTITUTE•WINTER2002•VOLUME17•NUMBER1LevelingtheFieldSFIBulletinWORKINPROGRESSKEEPINGITINTHEFAMILYSOUTHWESTVIEWOF“SEDGELEYPARK,”THECOUNTRYSEATOFJAMESCOWLESFISHER,ESQ.BYTHOMASBIRCH,CIRCA1819NATIONALMUSEUMOFAMERICANART,WASHINGTONDC/ARTRESOURCE,NYKE
2、EPINGITINTHEFAMILY:DOESINHERITANCEPLAYAROLEININEQUALITY?Wealth,familyconnections,qualityschooling—mosteveryonewantstheseassets,forthemselvesandfortheirchil-dren.Andyet,inmanywaystheyarereservedforrelativelyfewpeople,afactthatmanyfeelisunfair.Yetit’snotthatpeoplere
3、sentthewealthy.Inthiscountrythosewhoachievesuccessontheirownareregardedhighlyaslongastheplayingfieldislevel.It’stheinheritanceofwhatittakestobesuccessfulthatdrawscriticism.ResearchersatSFIandelsewherearefindingthatthiscountrydoesindeedhaveasurprisinglylargeamounto
4、finher-itedinequality.Butcontrarytowhatonemightthink,theinheritanceofeconomicsuccessisn’ttheresultmerelyoffamiliespassingdownwealthtotheirchildren.Itinvolveslittlenotedfactorssuchasper-sonalityandhealth.Sodoesthatmeanthatthe“ragstoriches”notionisnomorePIONEER’SHOM
5、ECURRIER&IVES,19THCENTURYSCALA/ARTRESOURCE,NYthanafantasyforAmerica’spoorchildren?SANTAFEINSTITUTEBULLETIN•WINTER2002ThroughaseriesofSFIworkshops,SamuelFewwouldarguewiththestatementthatchil-Bowles,professorofeconomicsattheUniversityofdrenofwell-offparentsinmostcas
6、esreceivemoreMassachusettsatAmherstanddirectorofSFI’sandbetterschooling,andinheritmaterial,cultural,EconomicsProgram,hascreatedaninterdiscipli-andgeneticadvantages.Butuntilrecently,econo-naryresearchnetworkthatseekstobetterunder-mistsbelievedthatintheUnitedStatese
7、achgen-standthepersistenceofeconomicandsocialerationhastendedtowinorloseitsownsuccess.inequalityamongbothgroupsandindividuals.EarlyresearchonthestatisticalrelationshipThenetworkalsoisexploringtheimpactofeco-betweenparents’andtheirchildren’seconomicnomicandsocialin
8、equalityontheabilityofgroupsstatusafterbecomingadultsfoundonlyaweaktocooperateinthepursuitofcommonobjectivesconnectionandthusseemedtoconfirmthatsuchassu
