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Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Author Charles Murray: Elites Should Teach Working Class How to Live REPORT

Updated: March 20 2012,

Author: barrel fan

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Character, Distribution of Income, Division of Labor/Specialization, Economic Development, Employment and Unemployment, Income Distribution, Producers

The super-educated upper class is out of touch but it could teach lower classes better ways to live, according to conservative lightning rod Charles Murray. As part of his series on Making Sen$e of financial news, Paul Solman speaks with Murray about his new book, “Coming Apart,” which examines America’s “class society.”

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