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But this doesn't constitute gating of social mobility. The US has only one gatekeeper of social mobility: money. And elite universities are not gatekeepers of money.

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I don't understand the point. Elite universities lead to higher salaries (by whatever factor) which means... more money.

You don't understand that "leading to more money" isn't the same thing as "gatekeeping access to more money"?

There is more than one way to make more money.

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