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Book Review: Social Mobility and its Enemies by Lee Elliot Major and Stephen Machin

29 September 2019

In Social Mobility and its Enemies, Lee Elliot Major and Stephen Machin offer a thought-provoking assessment of the state of social mobility in Britain. In the context of much social and political change and rising levels of inequality in Britain, this book is able to dispel the myth of meritocracy and suggest evidence-informed avenues for achieving a fairer society for all, writes Ross Goldstone.

Social Mobility And Its Enemies. Lee Elliot Major and Stephen Machin, Pelican, October 2018.

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