Upward mobility The worse news is, that’s the good news. Here in the United States of America, the Land of Opportunity, where all it takes to make it are your own grit, determination and hard work, the fact is that people from every income bracket find that their positions are what is called "sticky."
Aug. 7, 2013 - The Salt Lake Tribune
The American dream: Study highlights lack of economic mobility in Asheville and the Southeast In Asheville, a child born to poor parents has a slim chance of making it into the top-fifth income bracket in America — just 7.1 percent. Those are better odds than an Atlanta-born child (4 percent) but far below U.S. cities with the best income mobility, such as Salt Lake City, Utah (11.5 percent), or Boston, Mass. (9.8 percent). The ratings come from the Equality of Opportunity Project, a ...
Aug. 6, 2013 - Mountain Xpress