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Sam Friedman
@SamFriedmanSoc
Prof @lsesociology and Co-Editor @BJSociology | research: class, culture, elites, mobility | Co-author: The Class Ceiling: Why it Pays to be Privileged
Sep 7, 2021 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
New Open-Access Research!

How do people reconcile belief in meritocracy with the receipt of unearned inherited wealth?

@lizmoor and I explore drawing on interviews with first-time homeowners who had bought property with familial gifts 1/8
tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.108… We find widespread, though not universal, discomfort at receiving unearned gifts, and that interviewees employ distinctive strategies to both justify their receipt and to offset feelings of discomfort 2/8