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Originally Posted by new coup for you  mobility is a code word for improvement...that's just how it is. in the media, academia and in politics.
downward mobility has its own terms |
That's not possible, because when you're looking at a closed system like what quartile of wealth families end up in, every "improvement" has to be met with an equal and opposite decline. Mobility, as it's used in this context, necessarily indicates both upward and downward movement.