The Link Between Social and Fiscal Capital

Rachel Layne studied how community members judged a household's purchases based on family income.

-DD

Facebook Patents Social Class Algorithm

Violet Blue warns that Facebook has patented an algorithm which predicts an individual's social class . Blue inidicates this technology would allow banks and other marketers to "target the lower class, the working class -- which are often people of color, too -- because data shows poor people (those least in a position to take high-interest loans) are more likely than the general population to be so desperate that they'll take on a bad loan."

-DD