upward mobility
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The route to upward mobility in the U.S. used to be to graduate from college, work a stable white-collar job and buy a home.
Instead, they have produced a quintessentially American phenomenon: a roaring engine of upward mobility.
But the postwar idea of upward mobility was always contingent on certain fundamentals: strong institutions, affordable education, accessible homeownership and stable work.
“The current housing market is entrenched in an affordability crisis leaving many average American families feeling excluded from the traditional promise of upward mobility and homeownership,” Miller said on the Wednesday call.
From Barron's
That shift marks a departure from the prepandemic years, when rising property values and rapid income growth fueled a sense of upward mobility.
From MarketWatch
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