Amanda Aronchik

Here's the episode.

Here's the episode.

Five years ago, we did an episode about the American dream. What does it take to climb up that economic ladder? And how real is that ladder anyway? Well, since then, there's been kind of an explosion in answers to those questions, led by work from Raj Chetty and his team based at a Harvard. They've got some new work out just recently.

Five years ago, we did an episode about the American dream. What does it take to climb up that economic ladder? And how real is that ladder anyway? Well, since then, there's been kind of an explosion in answers to those questions, led by work from Raj Chetty and his team based at a Harvard. They've got some new work out just recently.

Five years ago, we did an episode about the American dream. What does it take to climb up that economic ladder? And how real is that ladder anyway? Well, since then, there's been kind of an explosion in answers to those questions, led by work from Raj Chetty and his team based at a Harvard. They've got some new work out just recently.

So here's our original episode, and then we'll talk with Raj Chetty about the latest insight into the American dream from 2024. Here is Karen Duffin back in 2019.

So here's our original episode, and then we'll talk with Raj Chetty about the latest insight into the American dream from 2024. Here is Karen Duffin back in 2019.

So here's our original episode, and then we'll talk with Raj Chetty about the latest insight into the American dream from 2024. Here is Karen Duffin back in 2019.

That is where we left the story back in 2019. And since then, the researchers have been busy. They're known as the Opportunity Insights team based at Harvard. And they have put out a steady stream of papers that have made the director, Raj Chetty, into something of an economic rock star.

That is where we left the story back in 2019. And since then, the researchers have been busy. They're known as the Opportunity Insights team based at Harvard. And they have put out a steady stream of papers that have made the director, Raj Chetty, into something of an economic rock star.

That is where we left the story back in 2019. And since then, the researchers have been busy. They're known as the Opportunity Insights team based at Harvard. And they have put out a steady stream of papers that have made the director, Raj Chetty, into something of an economic rock star.

Our own newsletter writer, Greg Rosalski, called him the Beyonce of economics because each new paper is like an album drop. Anyway, before we get to his latest release, we asked Raj Chetty himself to catch us up on the biggest hits or maybe findings since our original episode.

Our own newsletter writer, Greg Rosalski, called him the Beyonce of economics because each new paper is like an album drop. Anyway, before we get to his latest release, we asked Raj Chetty himself to catch us up on the biggest hits or maybe findings since our original episode.

Our own newsletter writer, Greg Rosalski, called him the Beyonce of economics because each new paper is like an album drop. Anyway, before we get to his latest release, we asked Raj Chetty himself to catch us up on the biggest hits or maybe findings since our original episode.

His new paper called Changing Opportunity is about how the gap between rich and poor is changing over time. So is it more or less likely that a poor kid will end up rich? So to do this, they looked at data from 57 million people born between the late 1970s and early 1990s.

His new paper called Changing Opportunity is about how the gap between rich and poor is changing over time. So is it more or less likely that a poor kid will end up rich? So to do this, they looked at data from 57 million people born between the late 1970s and early 1990s.

His new paper called Changing Opportunity is about how the gap between rich and poor is changing over time. So is it more or less likely that a poor kid will end up rich? So to do this, they looked at data from 57 million people born between the late 1970s and early 1990s.

So if you grow up in a community where more of the adults are working, you have more of a shot at rising up. And over time... low-income white communities saw steep drops in employment rates compared to Black communities.

So if you grow up in a community where more of the adults are working, you have more of a shot at rising up. And over time... low-income white communities saw steep drops in employment rates compared to Black communities.

So if you grow up in a community where more of the adults are working, you have more of a shot at rising up. And over time... low-income white communities saw steep drops in employment rates compared to Black communities.