social mobility

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Pepys worked in the Navy Office in the City of London during a period of rapid social mobility.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

The study also raises difficult questions about social mobility and public policy.

From Science Daily • May 6, 2026

"But what we don't have is a coherent approach to social mobility as a useful concept that you can build a strategy around."

From BBC • Dec. 21, 2025

Many immigrant families, like Alex’s, are initially drawn to the U.S. with aspirations for education access and social mobility.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025

The original exemplar of American social mobility was almost certainly Benjamin Franklin, one of seventeen children of a candle maker.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times