Going up -- Falling off -- The top floor and the iron ceiling -- Finding the escalator -- Cracking the code -- Green fences-the games kids play -- The well-rounded man -- Affirmative action for rich whites -- Doing good -- The best and the brightest-building the meritocracy myth -- The doubly disadvantaged -- Learning to party -- How liberals become conservative -- Still separate, still unequal -- How Michael Lewis ruined baseball -- You say you want a revolution -- Making college pay -- We need you, Mr. Grassley -- One percent solutions -- Communities of opportunity -- Postscript: A plea to the privileged

"An eye-opening look at how America's elite colleges and suburbs help keep the rich rich--making it harder than ever to fight the inequality dividing us today"--