It's Hard to Make It In America

It's Hard to Make It in America

Lane Kenworthy

Equality of opportunity has long been an American ideal, and the expansion of opportunity to women and minorities in the last half century has been a major success. But other obstacles to advancement remain, and recently, socioeconomic inequality has actually increased. The United States now has less social mobility than more other wealthy nations; it can and must catch up by following their lead. Readhttp://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/138368/lane-kenworthy/its-hard-to-make-it-in-america?cid=nlc-this_week_on_foreignaffairs_co-112912-its_hard_to_make_it_in_america_4-112912