(The Center Square) – Authors of a new report on social mobility across the 50 states said that barriers to social mobility are largely “man-made” and can be solved by policy reforms including changes to taxes, regulations, education and more.

President and CEO Gonzalo Schwarz of the nonpartisan independent public policy think tank Archbridge Institute as well as co-author of its newest report told The Center Square: “Most of the barriers [to social mobility] we’re identifying are connected to measurable policy reforms that states and policymakers can address.”

These reforms include “reducing occupational licensing, cutting local regulations, improving business taxation environments, increasing educational freedom, and other specific policies that have tangible implications,” Schwarz sai

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