“In such a society as ours the only possible chance for change, for mobility, for political, economic, and moral flow lies in the tactics of guerrilla warfare, in the use of fictions, of language.” UsePoliticalLyingLanguageChanceFictionMoralEconomicFlowWarfareTacticsMobilityGuerrillasGuerrilla Warfare Book:Bodies of Work: Essays Source: Bodies of Work: Essays
“Americans are better off in a dynamic, free-enterprise-based economy that fosters economic growth, opportunity and upward mobility instead of a stagnant, government-directed economy that stifles job creation and fosters government dependency.” GovernmentJobsOpportunityGrowthEconomyEconomicCreationEnterpriseBetter OffEconomic GrowthDependencyStagnantFree EnterpriseMobilityJob CreationUpward Mobility Author:Paul Ryan
“We work harder and we earn less. Income inequality is at the highest point in over a century. While American capitalism never guaranteed success, it did guarantee opportunity, for too many, the dream of economic mobility has been replaced with a nightmare of economic stagnation.” Has BeensDreamSuccessOpportunityEconomicCenturyHard WorkHighestCapitalismHarderIncomeInequalityGuaranteesNightmareReplacedWork HarderStagnationMobilityIncome InequalityAmerican Capitalism Author:Mario Cuomo
“For too many, the dream of economic mobility has been replaced with a nightmare of economic stagnation.” Has BeensDreamEconomicNightmareReplacedStagnationMobility Author:Mario Cuomo
“We used to be so proud that our country offered far more economic opportunities than the feudal system in Great Britain, with its royal family, princesses and dukes. But social mobility in the UK is higher than in the US. Our social rift is as big as it was in the 1920s.” CountryBigsUsedOpportunitySocialEconomicProudHigherUsed To BeOur CountryBritainPrincessRoyalDukesGreat BritainMobilityRoyal FamilyRiftSocial MobilityFeudal System Author:Robert Reich
“Historically speaking, religious and conservative groups always wanted the control over the private sphere that impacts women most, as reflected by family law and women's access to resources and mobility. And often secular groups traded this for economic incentives and trade.” WantedLawReligiousGroupsEconomicResourcesTradeImpactConservativeAccessSpheresSecularIncentivesMobilityFamily Law Author:Zainab Salbi
“Social mobility decreased under Labour and under the current government it is reversing. The differences between the poorest and richest are returning to Victorian levels. We don't have open sewers and infant mortality rates at fifty percent but in economic terms we're getting to a level of disparity we haven't seen for a couple of hundred years. And we're getting there very quickly.” YearsGovernmentSocialTermDifferencesLevelsEconomicHavensCouplePercentHundredRateCurrentsFiftyLabourMortalityInfantPoorestVictorianMobilityDisparitySewersSocial MobilityInfant Mortality Author:Jonathan Trigell