Stuck in Place: Who is Surprised at the Lack of Mobility?

Citizen Wealth Financial Justice Ideas and Issues National Politics

New Orleans    The lack of social mobility has finally gotten so bad that it seems even Republicans have noticed it.  Horatio Alger and the “rags to riches” trajectory of the American dream are dead.  The new narrative is best expressed as “rags to rags, and riches to riches.”             According to a Jason DeParle piece …

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Unionize College Athletes Now!

Labor Organizing

 New Orleans               I’m not sure if we are moving towards the end of the college bowl cycle or in the middle?  The big bowl games, like the Sugar, Rose, Cotton, and Orange are now BCS bowls, and the biggest bowl is the Championship right around the corner in the Louisiana Superdome.   But, there are scores …

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