Talk:Gilbert model

Median income
Median income is one of the three dividing characteristics. The figures given (750K, 70K, 40K, 25K, 20K<) in this article may be old. I would think these boundaries have changed/are changing as time progresses. See this article in the Huffington Post. I have not yet read D Gilbert, "The American Class Structure: In An Age of Growing Inequality" (2003), p270 that this article references. kgrr talk 23:07, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

NPOV/accuracy?
The article says "Even though the Capitalist Class is a very small class of super rich capitalists at the top of the hierarchy, its impact on economy and society is far beyond their numbers." Does Dennis Gilbert believe it is a "hierarchy" of classes or simply six classes that people are divided into? Was the word hierarchy part of Gilbert's work or introduced by a Wikipedia editor? Yes, in Gilbert, D. The American Class Structure in an Age of Growing Inequality Seventh Edition, p.25 Classes are ranked in a hierarchy.

The article says "They tend to only hang out with other people from this class rarely interacting with people from an inferior class." Does Gilbert believe that classes are inferior or superior to each other? Is this part of Gilbert's work, or was this introduced by a Wikipedia editor? Yes. ditto. kgrr talk 05:25, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

Comment left in body of article
The following comment was left in the body of the article prior to the "Six social classes of the Gilbert Model" section:


 * The following description of the class model in my book "The American Class Structure" is wrong in some minor and one major detail. The big one first: The model does not, as this article seems to suggest, emphasize income level. Instead it focuses fundamentally on the SOURCE of income (from assets, from jobs, from government transfers) and next on OCCUPATION.   The classes overlap in family income. The model should be labeled the Gilbert-Kahl model (as it is in the book), since Joseph Kahl was the coauthor of the book when the model was created.  The most recent edition was pubished by Sage in 2008 (not 2002).

This should be addressed by someone with expertise in the subject area, i.e. not me, I think. I moved this here as clean-up. Leoniceno (talk) 06:03, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

I should add that the comment was by User:Michael_HardyLeoniceno (talk) 06:04, 28 February 2011 (UTC)


 * I did not leave that comment there. I don't know who did. Michael Hardy (talk) 16:25, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Ah, I mis-read the revision history, apologies. Leoniceno (talk) 06:13, 4 March 2011 (UTC)