Cuanto más desigualdad hay en una sociedad, más dificil es que tus hijos suban de escalafón. […] What these authors find is that there is a strong correlation between current and inter-generational inequality, or in other words, between inequality and low social mobility: the more unequal the society the less likely is the next generation to move upwards […] The Schumpeter Hotel: Income Inequality And Social Mobility For a long time high inequality in the US has been seen as a consequence of higher social mobility. But is there any truth behind this? socialeurope.eu|De Branko Milanovic