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Comment author: JonahSinick 15 March 2014 11:16:04PM 0 points [-]

Thanks! Your first observation is a very important one that hadn't occurred to me – I assumed that it was the undergraduate program that was being discussed. Are you sure that your interpretation is right (e.g. based on reading the original paper) or is it just a best guess?

Also Harvard's hegemony on this list is less of a reflection of its current position than its position decades ago, when the world's rich (who disproportionally are at the end of their careers) were educated.

Right, this makes sense

Comment author: solipsist 15 March 2014 11:36:48PM *  6 points [-]

It is a guess based on this line:

Harvard's wealthy alumni, include academy award-winning actress Natalie Portman, who is worth $32million and George W Bush, worth an estimated $35million.

George Bush went to Yale for undergrad. He went to Harvard for his Master's in Business Administration.

Comment author: JonahSinick 15 March 2014 11:42:23PM 0 points [-]

Good point, thanks.

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