The 'American Dream' of upward mobility is broken. Look at the numbers | Mark R Rank and Lawrence M Eppard [_link]

— The Guardian (@guardian) March 13, 2021

Yet according to recent research, the United States has far less mobility and equality of opportunity today than the European Union or other OECD countries.

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What about rising from rags to riches? In the US, 8% of children raised in the bottom 20% of the income distribution are able to climb to the top 20% as adults, while the figure in Denmark is nearly double at 15%.

Equality of opportunity is also much less viable in the US than in other OECD countries. American life expectancy varies by up to 20 years depending on the zip code of residence. Quality of education also differs widely depending on the wealth of the neighborhood that families reside in. And the chances of being victimized by a crime, exposed to environmental toxins or having unmet healthcare needs is far greater for America's poor than those impoverished in all other OECD countries.

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