almondguy comments on How much wealth is produced by high IQ people? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 15 March 2014 01:15:42PM *  0 points [-]

I would like to see this study in full. I think it was cited in Pfeffer's Power when he claimed that IQ is only a weak predictor of success.

Bowles and Gintis found [edited] lots of different things that contribute to intergenerationally transmitted wealth--inherited IQ was only a small part and not even most of the genetically transmitted advantage.

[deleted] Also, how might you see these questions being actionable?