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National affairs Getting ahead of ourselves Peter Browne 22 October 2009 A new OECD report adds to the evidence about why some countries are more “mobile” than others, writes Peter Browne International American dreams Peter Browne 23 September 2009 Economic mobility might be a “unifying and core tenet of the American Dream,” but the evidence suggests that the United States performs badly National affairs The American puzzle John Quiggin 28 May 2009 A new book argues that inequality is bad for everyone. And even critics concede that the United States is both unusually unequal and a poor social performer, writes John Quiggin