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There’s a lot more to social mobility than an individual’s ability to become a millionaire. You’d have to decide whether you agree with the methodology, but Eu
by mft_ 3y ago
There’s a lot more to social mobility than an individual’s ability to become a millionaire.
You’d have to decide whether you agree with the methodology, but European nations feature highest in the ‘Global Social Mobility Index’ [0] while the US is 27th.
[0] https://www3.weforum.org/docs/Global_Social_Mobility_Report.pdf https://www3.weforum.org/docs/Global_Social_Mobility_Report....
- mauvehaus 3y agoMerely saying the US is 27th doesn't actually mean much without knowing more about the distribution. There's still a shortest NBA player, after all. And I did look at the table. There's a difference of ~15 index points between 1st (85) and 27th (70). That still doesn't actually say much without knowing how they're calculated.
- midasuni 3y agoOP said “ It feels like there's very little social mobility in Europe compared to the US.” But didn’t define it. GP pointed to a definition which shows that OP was wrong.