What categories? Categories change and the context of those categories matter. For argument's sake compare a janitor's life in the US with an Indian 'sweeper' today (equivalent category, but not really because of context). See who might be mobile and under what conditions?
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Anthony P. D'Costa, Chair & Professor of Contemporary Indian Studies Australia India Institute and School of Social & Political Sciences University of Melbourne 147-149 Barry Street, Carlton VIC 3053, AUSTRALIA Ph: +61 3 9035 6161 Visit the Australia India Institute Website http://www.aii.unimelb.edu.au/ Recent Conference (The Land Question) http://idsk.edu.in/program.php New Book Series (Dynamics of Asian Development) http://www.springer.com/series/13342 Recent books: http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780198082286.do#.UI5Wzmc2dI0 http://www.oup.com/localecatalogue/cls_academic/?i=9780199646210 http://www.anthempress.com/pdf/9780857285041.pdf http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=295354 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent from my iPad > On Mar 26, 2014, at 20:14, Carrol Cox <[email protected]> wrote: > > Mobility is not relevant to inequality. It merely refers to the movement of > individuals from one category to another, leaving the categories unchanged. > > At one time an 8th-grade education was more than enough for an individual to > "move up"; but the number of people up and the number of people down > remained the same. > > The topic is the ratio of the "top groups" to the "lowest groups," not > whether individuals shuffle around. > > Carrol > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Smith > Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 9:40 PM > To: Progressive Economics > Subject: Re: [Pen-l] NYT column on Piketty book "Capital in the Twenty-First > Century" > > > On Mar 26, 2014, at 10:36 PM, "Perelman, Michael" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> The education question is a conundrum. Education is almost a requirement > for social mobility > > But if 'mobility' is the answer -- what was the question, again? > > > Michael Smith > [email protected] > > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
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