Social mobility, a phrase meant to capture the ease with which children can do better than their parents, was made common currency by Gordon Brown. Three years later Mr Milburn was asked by the coalition to head the new Social Mobility Commission. Meanwhile, economists developed the idea of the Great Gatsby curve, showing that the greater a country’s wealth equality, the higher the social mobility. Some Tories believe that social mobility is the same as meritocracy; it is not. Mr Milburn’s moribund Social Mobility Commission has mapped out how to make a reality of governing for the country as a whole.

Source: The Guardian December 28, 2017 17:05 UTC