I believe a primary reason many people do not maximize their economic potential is a financial inability to move to economic hubs and take advantage of higher-earning opportunities in a city’s labor market. The average American has very little in the way of savings, and often can’t afford a $3k+ move coupled with 30-60 days of job hunting uncertain... See more

Upward mobility can be achieved in two ways: opening elite universities, as happened with the GI Bill, or challenging the claim of being elite, and thereby, in revaluing them rationally, creating a more realistic map of excellence and making a degree from a university like Stanford or Harvard not materially different from a degree from Texas State

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