Climbing the Ladder or Falling Off?

All around the world, the most critical public policy conversations revolve around the fields of social mobility and inequality. Despite widespread interest, there are many issues and questions that are either misunderstood or under-researched when it comes to these fields. And in addition, for those seeking to make it easier to climb the income ladder, the terms inequality, poverty, and mobility continue to be used interchangeably, further complicating many of our policy discussions, as these issues have different definitions and implications.