The rise and rise of the cognitive elite
economist.com
economist.com
I liked the statistal myth-busting part the best.
It's tough to know how to best spend your mental energies: pursuing wealth for freedom's sake might be a false choice if there are indeed many public subsidies to be had. Technology should be a tide which raises all vessels.
Peter Saunders is an interesting thinker. I met him a few years ago at a program run by the Centre for Independent Studies here in Australia, called Liberty & Society.