Paul Krugman: Rich dumb kids are more likely to make it through college than poor smart kids

Posted by University of New Mexico/Talk Radio News Service on March 25, 2009 |

by Christina Lovato, University of New Mexico-Talk Radio News Service

Today in a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health, and Human Services hearing, Paul Krugman, a professor of economics and international affairs at Princeton University said that we are not a society that has anything like equality of opportunity and that rich dumb kids are more likely to make it through college than poor smart kids.(00:40)

 
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March 25, 2009

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