The super-educated upper class is out of touch but it could teach lower classes better ways to live, according to conservative lightning rod Charles Murray. As part of his series on Making Sen$e of financial news, Paul Solman speaks with Murray about his new book, "Coming Apart," which examines America's "class society."


Key Concepts

Distribution of Income, Human Capital, Labor Market, Standard of Living, Unemployment Rate, Income Inequality, Character, Work


A Fair Wage


Grades 6-8, 9-12

Why does Brett Favre make $8.5 million per year?


Grades 9-12

Distribution of Income

Students engage in a simulation to explore how productivity influences the distribution of income and how government policy influences the redistribution of income. They calculate measures of central tendency for the entire class, their group's percentage of total classroom income, and gra...

Grades 9-12

Transportation: They Say We Had a Revolution (Part 1)


Grades 6-8, 9-12



Grades 6-8, 9-12