Equality via Mobility: Why Socioeconomic Mobility Matters for Relational Equality, Distributive Equality, and Equality of Opportunity

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Article

Year

2015

Abstract

Since the economic crisis of 2008, think tanks have pursued research into the causes and effects of socioeconomic mobility; columnists and bloggers like Paul Krugman, Tyler Cowen, and Reihan Salam have debated whether mobility is desirable; and politicians — from both ends of the political spectrum and both sides of the Atlantic — have emphasized mobility’s importance. In contrast, socioeconomic mobility has received little attention from philosophers, who have instead focused their attention on social and economic inequality.

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