On Apr 21, 2007, at 3:52 AM, James Heartfield wrote:
> Sorry, maybe I bumped into this thread half way through, but what in
> particular did you have in mind as the things that some people know
> but are
> not true?
Aside from this particular issue, here's an example. Americans believe that we have the largest middle class in the world and that we're a uniquely mobile society. In fact, neither is true; we have the smallest middle-income stratum in the First World, and an unremarkable degree of mobility.
Doug