Downward Mobility

Five Facts About Social Mobility

Delia Lloyd | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Social Mobility, Downward Mobility, The American Dream, Lower Class, Middle Class, Social Mobility Education, Social Mobility u.s., Economic Mobility, Income Inequality, Class Conflict, Business News
Delia Lloyd

What a bummer to discover that this great national mythology that's sustained us for so many generations may no longer be true. A spate of recent studies suggests that Americans are no longer upwardly mobile.

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The Downward Mobility of the American Middle Class, and Why Mitt Romney Doesn't Know

Robert Reich | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Mitt Romney Middle Class, Romney Safety Net, Obama Middle Class, Downward Mobility, Mitt Romney, Mitt Romney Poor People, Politics News
Robert Reich

Mitt Romney says he's not concerned about the very poor because they have safety nets to protect them. He says he's concerned about the middle class. Romney doesn't seem to realize how much of the middle class is becoming poor.

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Where Young Adults Are Most Often Finding Jobs In The Down Economy

The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Generation Y Jobs, Economic Downturn, Downward Mobility, Video, Unemployment, Great Recession, Business News, Joblessness, Millennial Generation, Millennial Jobs, Young Adults Jobs, Generation Y, Business News

Looking for young adults in the workplace? Look no further than hotels, bars, restaurants and their own startups. Of all sectors, the travel and h...

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Christmas Consumerism vs. Downward Mobility: A Lifestyle Of Enough

Eugene Cho | Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Presents, Christmas, Consumerism, Downward Mobility, Contentment, Jesus, Religion News
Eugene Cho

This is a lesson and a story we have to all get behind. This is the Jesus we have to get behind. It's not to suggest that we have to adopt a lifestyle of poverty but a lifestyle of enough.

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Six Reasons Americans Fall Out Of The Middle Class

24/7 Wall St. | Charles B. Stockdale | Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: Lower Class, Education, Downward Mobility, American Dream, Middle Class, Economic Groups, Pew Charitable Trusts, Race, Upper Class, Business News

From 24/7 Wall St.: Seems as though the American Dream is just that — a dream. If you were born into a middle class family, there is a high chance t...

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Many Americans Born Into Middle Class End Up Falling Out Of It

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: Drug Use, Education, Downward Mobility, Middle Class Economy, Divorce, Third World America, Blacks, Economy, Middle Class, Low Income, Economic Mobility, Income, Working Class, Video, Business News

The promise of the American dream has given many hope that they themselves could one day rise up the economic ladder. But according to a study release...

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Field of Dreams: Explaining Economic Mobility Through Baseball

Mark Olmsted | Posted 05.29.2011

Read More: Tea Party, Downward Mobility, Upward Mobility, Carnegie, American Dream, Social Mobility, Congress, Obama, Middle Class, Vanderbilt, Baseball, Horatio Alger, Politics News
Mark Olmsted

America is galloping backward to a degree of class immobility unseen since pre-World War I Europe. Almost everyone can expect to die now in the same class they were born in.

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How Divorce Burns the Soup

Candace Walsh | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Welfare, Downward Mobility, Stepfamily, Food Stamps, Family-Mealtimes, Divorce, Tv-Dinners, Family Meals, Remarriage, Joint Custody, Family Dinners, Divorce News
Candace Walsh

During divorce, home-life rituals are disrupted. Cooking and regular sit-down dinners are often the first things to go. It's harder to meal-plan, shop...

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Lost Decade For American Income

Wall Street Journal | By CONOR DOUGHERTY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Living Standards, Downward Mobility, Lost Decade, Income Inequality, Economic Crisis, Upward Mobility, Wage Stagnation, Income, Poverty Rate, Business News

The downturn that some have dubbed the "Great Recession" has trimmed the typical household's income significantly, new Census data show, following yea...

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