Annals of Business: The Uses of Adversity 
Can underprivileged outsiders have an advantage? Looks at Sidney Weinberg, who worked his way up from the mailroom to be a senior partner at Goldman Sachs in the early 1920s. A Malcolm Gladwell article in the New Yorker.
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/11/10/081110fa_fact_gladwell?currentPage=all
Can underprivileged outsiders have an advantage? Looks at Sidney Weinberg, who worked his way up from the mailroom to be a senior partner at Goldman Sachs in the early 1920s. A Malcolm Gladwell article in the New Yorker.
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/11/10/081110fa_fact_gladwell?currentPage=all
