it's worth noting that study after study show that something like 98% of Americans, when polled, define themselves as a higher economic class than they actually are
Is it bad that I read this as "98% of Americans have different definitions for class boundaries than economics researchers do?" :) I mean I expect they are measuring a real phenomenon, but...
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Date: 2010-09-20 01:42 pm (UTC)Is it bad that I read this as "98% of Americans have different definitions for class boundaries than economics researchers do?" :) I mean I expect they are measuring a real phenomenon, but...