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Re:Meritocracy hasn’t worked in Britain – it’s time for a ra... by frgtpsswrdlame on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @11:02AM (#14654708)
One thing I think is important to anchor discussions of inequality and mobility is the great gatsby curve:

http://glineq.blogspot.com/2016/04/the-schumpeter-hotel-inco...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Gatsby_curve

Basically there are no countries which are both highly unequal and highly meritocratic. Perhaps our path towards more social mobility is straight-forward wealth redistribution.

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