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Neil Mackay: Working-class quotas and why we need a taste of social engineering

Neil Mackay: Working-class quotas and why we need a taste of social engineering

Social mobility is dead in this country:eEconomists say it’s harder now than at any point in the last half-century to move up in life if you’re born working-class. That's why we need quotas for the working class.

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