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Comment author: sixes_and_sevens 11 August 2014 10:17:21PM 2 points [-]

The part of my brain that generates sardonic responses says "Oxbridge and nepotism". At risk of generating explanations for patterns that don't really exist, class, education and assortative mating seem to make for wealthy dynasties.