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Infographic: Is America Still Really the Land of Opportunity?

Few Americans born into poverty ever get to experience the iconic rise from “rags to riches.”

A 2014 study by a team of UC Berkeley and Harvard economists examined upward income mobility throughout the nation, finding that less than 8 percent of people born at the bottom 20 percent

Few Americans born into poverty ever get to experience the iconic rise from “rags to riches.”

A 2014 study by a team of UC Berkeley and Harvard economists examined upward income mobility throughout the nation, finding that less than 8 percent of people born at the bottom 20 percent

Source:: The Lowdown

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