Tattered Dream

Washington Post by Eugene Robinson | Nov. 23, 2007 (Opinion)
Who'll Tackle the Issue of Upward Mobility?

We're not who we think we are.

We think of the United States as a land of unlimited possibility ... a place where brains, energy and ambition are what counts, not the circumstances of one's birth. But three new studies suggest that Horatio Alger doesn't live here anymore. ...

The Economic Mobility Project can't be accused of having an ideological bias; it's a collaboration, led by Pew, involving four leading think tanks that pretty much ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Louise Auerhahn - Nov 29, 2007 - 10:31 PM PST
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 by Dwight Rousu - Apr. 19, 2010

Robinson takes a short look at data that explodes the myth of Horatio Alger. More depth would be good.

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 by Louise Auerhahn - Oct. 1, 2008
Louise posted this story.
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