About the episode
Sam Friedman is Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics (LSE) and a commissioner for the Social Mobility commission. He has written extensively on issues of class, culture and social mobility, including his book ‘The Class Ceiling: Why it Pays to be Privileged’.
Our Chief Economist Andy Haldane speaks to Sam about the costs to society of not progressing in the field of social mobility.
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