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Many studies find that your parents' wealth is the single greatest influencer of your wealth (http://www.umass.edu/preferen/gintis/intergen.pdf).
I would say that who your parents are is about as "lucky" a thing could be, considering it's totally independent of who you are or decisions you make.
My only other assertions being that smart poor people and dumb rich people exist? I hope that's self-evident to anyone on this board...
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Many studies find that your parents' wealth is the single greatest influencer of your wealth (http://www.umass.edu/preferen/gintis/intergen.pdf).
I would say that who your parents are is about as "lucky" a thing could be, considering it's totally independent of who you are or decisions you make.
My only other assertions being that smart poor people and dumb rich people exist? I hope that's self-evident to anyone on this board...