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Social Mobility Unchanged Over Centuries

Relative social mobility rates in a society like England have not improved in the last 300 years; rates in medieval England were just as high (or low) as they are now, and dimensions like social neighborhood and group affiliation show no improvement either.

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Gregory Clark

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if we even go back to medieval England, rates of social mobility were just as high as they are now

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Gregory ClarkConversations with Tyler
Created: 6/13/2026, 3:23:31 AM

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