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[quote=Anonymous]There's nothing radical about this scale. It merely acknowledges that social class in the US is much more complex than just income or even net worth. I can hardly believe that this is new to American social scientists! I've been saying that money is a poor indicator of class on this board for years and you've all shoot me down.

I'm British and class has always been accepted in Britain as much more complex than money. It's about your education and aspirations, it's about your attitude to work and the books you read and how you spend your spare time. It's about the type of job you hold, not how much money you bring in.

I haven't studied US literature on this but I can't believe that this is the first time a social scientist (or is he just a blogger) has analyzed these distinctions. But apparently because there's a link to a web page (not an academic journal) you folks on DCUM are all over this, something that doesn't happen in 30 pages of discussion on whether $300k is upper or middle class.[/quote]

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