The Secret of Your Success

Tuesday, June 27th, 2006

Adrian Wooldridge reviews the history of thought on social mobility in The Secret of Your Success:

During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, three highly distinct theories of social mobility captivated the imaginations of successive generations of commentators — one based on character; one based on ability, by which psychologists increasingly meant native intelligence; and one based on luck.

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