Federal policies must understand the linkages between economic growth, social mobility, and a strong middle class. — Bill Foster Copy Share Image
Free market capitalism is far more than economic theory. It is the engine of social mobility-the highway to the American Dream. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
“One of the drawbacks of upward social mobility is a sense of guilty indebtedness to the old neighborhood.” — Mary Gordon Copy Share Image
For many young people mobility has turned into a bus down to the job centre. — Harriet Harman Copy Share Image
I've been talking about things like reversing the rise of inequality and strengthening social mobility,since before it was cool. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The accumulation of cultural capital - the acquisition of knowledge - is the key to social mobility. — Michael Gove Copy Share Image
With this emergence of big data and social mobility, you will, in fact, see the death of 'average,' Instead, you will see… — Ginni Rometty Copy Share Image
We need to focus much more on the bottom 40 per cent. They are losing ground, and the fact that they are… — Jose Angel Gurria Copy Share Image
The difference between rich and poor is becoming more extreme, and as income inequality widens the wealth gap in major nations, education,… — Helene D. Gayle Copy Share Image
Our political class obsesses over social mobility from one generation to the next - whether or not people are doing better than… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
School was always a major player in my personal journey. It allowed me to open up to the world, and also social… — Najat Vallaud-Belkacem Copy Share Image
Helping future generations get the best possible start in life should be a higher priority for any government committed to social mobility… — Rachel Reeves Copy Share Image
I'm a daughter of the middle class with a strong sense of social mobility and individualism, like the waves of immigrants, like… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To see off Corbyn's Labour, we need to start the debate as to how and why a market economy is the way… — Anna Soubry Copy Share Image
“There is, in the circumstances of modern life, only one solution to the problem of resentment, and that is social mobility. The… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
“What excites me about America is its social mobility, people continually rising from the bottom to the top and altering the culture… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
“ 'Venti caramel macchiato, please,' he said. 'Hold the snobbery.' The barista laughed and hit buttons on his register. 'You sure? We're… — S.W. Vaughn Copy Share Image
For me upward social mobility is possible through talent and hard work and is a glowing endorsement of the benefits of living… — Alex Kapranos Copy Share Image
“A deepening class divide makes social mobility all but impossible. The result is a de facto caste system. This is not only… — Jessica Bruder Copy Share Image
Hip-hop has been so important in my work, because it speaks to the idea of money being tied to cultural capital in… — Lauren Greenfield Copy Share Image
Social mobility decreased under Labour and under the current government it is reversing. The differences between the poorest and richest are returning… — Jonathan Trigell Copy Share Image
We need a sustainable system of student finance that promotes opportunity, encourages aspiration, increases social mobility and is governed by fairness. But… — Angela Rayner Copy Share Image
“Downward social mobility. We hear a lot about the great social mobility in America with the focus usually on the comparative ease… — Whit Stillman Copy Share Image
“Moved by the need for control, for an unchallenged top tier, the power elite in American history has thrived by placating the… — Nancy Isenberg Copy Share Image
“Yeah, and there’s this constant refrain from privileged people; it’s like they’re all racing to prove how miserable they used to be.… — K. Archura Copy Share Image
“For anyone born after 1945, the welfare state and its institutions were not a solution to earlier dilemmas: they were simply the… — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
The latest research on social mobility showed that there's a large aggregate decline in the U.S. in your chances of earning more… — Raj Chetty Copy Share Image
People are pissed off about the seemingly impossible goal of social mobility. their proposed solution is to take the wheels off the… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
I'm afraid you gave up the right to pontificate on social mobility when you abolished educational maintenance allowance [EMA], trebled tuition fees… — Harriet Harman Copy Share Image
I'm a beneficiary of an extraordinary education, and I believe that no matter where you live, the access to education is key… — Valerie Jarrett Copy Share Image
“At the same time, they’ve shown me that social mobility isn’t just about money and economics, it’s about a lifestyle change. The… — J.D. Vance Copy Share Image
“There is real hope for a culture that makes it as easy to buy a book as it does a pack of… — Paula Rabinowitz Copy Share Image
Social mobility has always been a slippery term, with nebulous markers of success: how many state school children have to achieve postgraduate… — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
The 1970s were the height of social mobility. College was accessible. My grandfather was a poor immigrant who went to a public… — Lauren Greenfield Copy Share Image
The zooming wealth of the top 1 percent is a problem, but it's not nearly as big a problem as the tens… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
The stress laid on upward social mobility in the United States has tended to obscure the fact that there can be more… — Margaret Halsey Copy Share Image
I didn't become leader to transform the Liberal Democrats into an enlarged form of the Electoral Reform Society. It's not the be… — Nick Clegg Copy Share Image