“Social inequality is thus an unconsciously filled evolved device by which societies insure that the most important positions are conscientiously filled by the most qualified persons” (243).
- Davis and Moore in “Some Principles of Stratification,” 1945
- Davis and Moore in “Some Principles of Stratification,” 1945
“Deviations from economic equality must be shown to be beneficial, placing the burden of proof on those who advocate inequality” (32).
- Lester Thurow in Generating Inequality, 1975.
- Lester Thurow in Generating Inequality, 1975.
