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Description of  The Accidental Equalizer: How Luck Determines Pay after College

A startling discoverythat job market success after college is largely randomforces a reappraisal of education, opportunity, and the American dream. As a gateway to economic opportunity, a college degree is viewed by many as Americas great equalizer. And its true: wealthier, more connected, and seemingly better-qualified students earn exactly the same pay as their less privileged peers. Yet, the reasons why may have little to do with bootstraps or self-improvementit might just be dumb luck. Thats what sociologist Jessi Streib proposes in Read more