“The great social problem we face is inequality”

PhD in Sociology and professor of the postgraduate course in Social Policy and Human Rights at the Catholic University of Pelotas (UCPel), Aknaton Souza analyzes the data from the Atlas of Social Mobility. According to the survey, seven out of every ten young people in Pelotas achieve, in adult life, an income higher than that of their parents. The professor explains why family origin still weighs on the future of Brazilians and discusses the limits of education in social ascension.