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Elites, Social Mobility and Income Distribution in the U.S.: Challenges to the American Dream
- Title:
- Elites, Social Mobility and Income Distribution in the U.S.: Challenges to the American Dream
- Presenter:
- Ivar Nelson
- Affiliations:
- University of Idaho Press
- Date:
- 2013-12-10
- Academic Year:
- 2013/14
- Description:
- In the context of the current national debate on widening income distribution in the United States over the last forty years, this presentation examines the relationship between economic and political stability, and social mobility. Is the American Dream becoming history?
- Biography:
- Ivar Nelson has been a university press director, Foreign Service officer and founder of Bookpeople of Moscow. His interest in social mobility and elites started with his research at Uppsala University and subsequent honors thesis at Harvard College on the peaceful transfer of power in Sweden in the 19th century.
- Video Link:
- https://youtu.be/RSJosjcSawU
- Original Link:
- http://www.uidaho.edu/class/mric/archives/2013-14/income-distribution-in-the-us
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- Citation:
- "Elites, Social Mobility and Income Distribution in the U.S.: Challenges to the American Dream", Renfrew Colloquium Archive, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/mric/items/mric2013-14-022.html