The Son Also Rises: Surnames and the History of Social Mobility (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World) cover
The Son Also Rises: Surnames and the History of Social Mobility (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World)
by Gregory Clark
ISBN: 0691168377
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keiferski · 2025-08-04 · Original thread
I haven’t read the book so I am not familiar with his specific argument.

However he’s an economist, not a geneticist. And the description of the book on Amazon focuses on last names and ancestry, not genetics.

https://www.amazon.com/Son-Also-Rises-Surnames-Princeton/dp/...

This book looks to me like it’s arguing that social policies don’t do much to affect familial networks, not that it’s arguing that the elites all have magical genes that keep them on top.

doveryai · 2021-12-27 · Original thread
In large part hereditary, like most things.

https://www.amazon.com/Son-Also-Rises-Surnames-Princeton/dp/...