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The US is one of, if not the most, socially mobile countries in the west. Countries like the Nordics have much more equality of outcome, but the chances someone
by s1artibartfast 2y ago
The US is one of, if not the most, socially mobile countries in the west. Countries like the Nordics have much more equality of outcome, but the chances someone leaves the economic quintile they are born into is lower.
- nyrikki 2y agoThat is the popular myth. https://www.lisc.org/our-resources/resource/opportunity-atlas-shows-effect-childhood-zip-codes-adult-success/ https://www.lisc.org/our-resources/resource/opportunity-atla... https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/2022_FMCI_IntragenerationalWealthMobility_FINAL.pdf https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/2022_FM...
- s1artibartfast 2y agoPaging through the Brookings document, it tracks pretty closely with what I have seen before. I dont see anything that contradicts what I have said (mobility is higher in the US than elsewhere). 1) Do you have a comparison with European countries that makes you think the US is worse? 2) What do you think US mobility numbers should look like? Pure randomness is not desirable either.