“As a child growing up in the precincts of wealth, and later as a college student, newspaper reporter and resident of New York's Upper East Side, I got used to listening to the talk of financial killings and sexual misalliance that animates the conversation of the rich and the familiars of the rich.” ChildrenUsedSidesWealthGrowing UpRichGrowingNew YorkStudentsCollegeListeningConversationKillingFinancialEastNewspapersReportersResidentsCollege StudentsChildren Growing UpEast SideGrowing ChildrenNewspaper ReportersUpper East Side Book:Money and Class in America: Notes and Observations on the Civil Religion Source: Money and Class in America: Notes and Observations on the Civil Religion
“Making the future and the road to the future wealth lies in the youth of the present and future, and rebuilding the nation's institutions based on knowledgeable scientific foundations that require promising human capacities derived from college graduates. Universities are the makers of men, we are proud of their role and of the efforts of their administrators.” MenHumansLyingNationsWealthEffortRolesYouthCollegeProudCapacityInstitutionsFoundationUniversityMakersGraduatesKnowledgeableRebuildingAdministratorsCollege GraduatesHuman Capacity Author:Talal Abu-Ghazaleh
“The zooming wealth of the top 1 percent is a problem, but it's not nearly as big a problem as the tens of millions of Americans who have dropped out of high school or college. It's not nearly as big a problem as the 40 percent of children who are born out of wedlock. It's not nearly as big a problem as the nation's stagnant human capital, its stagnant social mobility and the disorganized social fabric for the bottom 50 percent.” HumansChildrenProblemBigsSchoolNationsSocialBornWealthEducationPovertyMillionsCollegePercentHigh SchoolBottomFabricStagnantMobilityWedlockDisorganizedSocial Mobility Author:David Brooks