How Do We Get More People to Have Good Lives?

Noted: “It very clear that children’s chances for a good life are highly dependent on their social origins or socioeconomic status,” write Markus Jantti, professor of economics at Stockholm University; Timothy Smeeding, professor of public affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; and Robert Erikson, professor of sociology at Stockholm University, in “Persistence, Privilege, and Parenting.”