> And since it's extremely difficult to escape your class.
This idea that it's 'extremely' difficult to escape your income class is commonly spread and factually incorrect.
It's true that upward economic mobility is lower in the USA than many other developed countries, but it's not 'extremely' difficult. In fact, of people born in the poorest quintile, more than 50% rise out of that quintile, and ~10% climb to the top quintile.
Not only is this idea incorrect, I think it's pernicious because it robs people of their sense of agency/control to improve their lot in life, and turns them into victims.
This idea that it's 'extremely' difficult to escape your income class is commonly spread and factually incorrect.
It's true that upward economic mobility is lower in the USA than many other developed countries, but it's not 'extremely' difficult. In fact, of people born in the poorest quintile, more than 50% rise out of that quintile, and ~10% climb to the top quintile.
Not only is this idea incorrect, I think it's pernicious because it robs people of their sense of agency/control to improve their lot in life, and turns them into victims.
Source: https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/02_econ...