Peer Influence on Economic Mobility - Access to Information Determines Your Outcome

In our last episode, you heard all about economic mobility. In this episode (which is part 2 of our conversation), you're going to hear again from Matthew Jackson, William D. Eberle Professor of Economics at Stanford University, and External Faculty at the Santa Fe Institute.

We finished the last episode by saying that if you want to increase a child's economic mobility, the factor that has the greatest impact is economic connectedness. In this episode, Matthew is going to talk about economic connectedness in our workplaces, our religious gatherings, and our schools.

Resources and links:

• Social capital I: measurement and associations with economic mobility | Nature
• Social capital II: determinants of economic connectedness | Nature
• Vast New Study Shows a Key to Reducing Poverty: More Friendships Between Rich and Poor - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

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• Brady Heywood website

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