The American Dream has hit hard times. Researchers have found that it is harder to move from poverty to prosperity in the United States than it is in many European countries.
That kind of social mobility is part of the American myth, and drives how we think of our country. So what can we do to revive the promise of social mobility? And how can anti-poverty programs promote grit among its poorest citizens?
Richard Reeves studies social mobility and he will be speaking at UNLV as part of the Brookings Mountain West series. Find out more here.
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Richard Reeves, policy director, Center on Children and Families, Brookings Institution
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