“Sure, some rich people work hard – but so do koilawalas, construction workers, and domestic helpers. Other bases of privilege have little to do with personal merit: our aptitudes, health, inheritance, social connections, and other assets derive from contingencies (such as the accident of birth) over which we have no control. Even our education reflects inherited circumstances, and our parents’ and teachers’ efforts, far more than our own. All this is without going into the fact that wealth and power often build on corruption, exploitation, and crime” WealthPovertyPowerIndiaPrivilegePersonal Merit Book:Sense and Solidarity: Jholawala Economics for Everyone Source: Sense and Solidarity: Jholawala Economics for Everyone