Poverty in Brazil is not inevitable

The data released by the Atlas of Social Mobility reinforced something that millions of Brazilians already well know in practice: the starting point for social ascension weighs much more than individual effort. When only 8.32% of young Brazilians who are born among the poorest 25% manage to reach the richest 25%, while more than half of those who were born rich remain at the top, it is evident that inequality is not being overcome, but rather reproduced from generation to generation.