Ehran, that sounds like an interesting read - do you have a source or the name of the book? I have looked at inequality gaps and I know that socialist countries have more narrow gaps than the US...but social mobility I always thought would naturally be greater in a more capitalist society. Of course, in the case of the US, to succeed more and more takes a college degree - college costs continue to rise - presto, opportunity is reduced. Anyway, any info you could provide would be most appreciated.

I was kind of surprised when I heard that too, but then I realized that the more socialist nations typically have better funding for education. My entire univ education in terms of student fees and so on ran to about 20 grand Canadian. In the US I think it's not uncommon to pay triple that, and good luck attending one of the ivy leagues.

it was a few column inches in the vancouver province on july 4 i think. i'll have a look tonite if it isn't gone already. the province has an online edition you might be able to get access to.

education being expensive isn't going to help the process along as that's the road up for most of those that make it up.

hunted high and lo for the paper with that article but it seems to have gone to the great recycling bin in the sky. sorry :(