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Effort vs Inheritance: Is success, whether academic, professional, or material, more the product of effort or inheritance? How can we tease out the differences? What are the social and political implications and what, if anything, should be done to "balance the playing field"?

https://news.uchicago.edu/big-brains-podcast-do-your-genes-determine-your-success-life

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unearned_income

https://www.chicagobooth.edu/review/billionaires-self-made

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/rentseeking.asp

https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2024/research/dna-powerful-predictor/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2023/11/30/new-billionaires-inherited-more-than-they-earned-last-year-ubs-report-says/