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Comment author: Lumifer 12 August 2014 03:03:59PM *  3 points [-]

The US has appallingly low social mobility

Citation needed.

This is a useful half-page overview of issues with attaching meaning to economic mobility data.

This argues that the mobility in the US has been stable or rising for decades.

This talks about comparing the US with other countries.