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April 3, 2017

Lessons from Utah about Religion, the Welfare State, and the American Dream

Does the Mormon church make economic mobility possible?

Utah, which spends less than any other state on education per-pupil, may have the highest rate of upward mobility in the United States. Investigating why this might be so, Megan McArdle notes the important effects of stable family life, limited but well-executed government social programs, and the activities of the Mormon church and its “unrivaled system of highly organized community volunteer work,” which fills many of the roles that elsewhere belong to the welfare state:

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