"The haves and the have nots"

Enquanto por cá de volta a discutir (inconsequentemente) o inflamado tema da "equidade" e "justiça distributiva" do nosso sistema fiscal, o inglês The Daily Telegraph curiosamente publica um interessante artigo sobre meritocracia e ascensão social.

The chances of the son or daughter of a builder becoming a barrister are lower for the current generation than the previous one. (...) Children born in 1958 were more likely to move up the class ladder than those born in 1970: there is a blockage in the circulation of our elites.