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New Report Says It Takes 5 Generations On Average For A Low-Income American To Reach Middle Class

The World Economic Forum published a new report on social mobility that ranks countries on how easy it is for a person born into a poor family to reach the middle class.

Host Robin Young speaks with Roben Farzad (@robenfarzad), host of Public Radio’s Full Disclosure, about why social mobility is better in Canada than the U.S. — but worse in Germany.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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