Francesco Farina is Professor of Economics at Cimeo, Sapienza University of Rome. A Former President (2014-18) of the Italian Association for the Study of Comparative Economic Systems, he has been teaching in the universities of Toronto, Siena, Perugia, Luiss Rome, and Napoli l'Orientale. He is the author of several books and papers on macroeconomics, and recently of Lo Stato sociale, Luiss University Press, 2021.

• 1. Social mobility in political science, economics, and sociology.- 2. Meritocracy.- 3. Social mobility.- 4. The social dynamics: an interpretative scheme.- 5. A phenomenon pending between the individual and society.- 6. Inequality of opportunity and inter-generational mobility.- 7. The dynamics of the social structure and the Welfare State.- 8. Social mobility at the global level.- 9. Technical progress: labour and wage mobility.- 10. Mobility in education: economic incentive or household’s resources?.- 11. Unequal opportunities in education and the emersion of talents.- 12. Conclusions.

Francesco Farina is Professor of Economics at Cimeo, Sapienza University of Rome. A Former President (2014-18) of the Italian Association for the Study of Comparative Economic Systems, he has been teaching in the universities of Toronto, Siena, Perugia, Luiss Rome, and Napoli l'Orientale. He is the author of several books and papers on macroeconomics, and recently of Lo Stato sociale, Luiss University Press, 2021.

• 1. Social mobility in political science, economics, and sociology.- 2. Meritocracy.- 3. Social mobility.- 4. The social dynamics: an interpretative scheme.- 5. A phenomenon pending between the individual and society.- 6. Inequality of opportunity and inter-generational mobility.- 7. The dynamics of the social structure and the Welfare State.- 8. Social mobility at the global level.- 9. Technical progress: labour and wage mobility.- 10. Mobility in education: economic incentive or household’s resources?.- 11. Unequal opportunities in education and the emersion of talents.- 12. Conclusions.

Francesco Farina is Professor of Economics at Cimeo, Sapienza University of Rome. A Former President (2014-18) of the Italian Association for the Study of Comparative Economic Systems, he has been teaching in the universities of Toronto, Siena, Perugia, Luiss Rome, and Napoli l'Orientale. He is the author of several books and papers on macroeconomics, and recently of Lo Stato sociale, Luiss University Press, 2021.

• 1. Social mobility in political science, economics, and sociology.- 2. Meritocracy.- 3. Social mobility.- 4. The social dynamics: an interpretative scheme.- 5. A phenomenon pending between the individual and society.- 6. Inequality of opportunity and inter-generational mobility.- 7. The dynamics of the social structure and the Welfare State.- 8. Social mobility at the global level.- 9. Technical progress: labour and wage mobility.- 10. Mobility in education: economic incentive or household’s resources?.- 11. Unequal opportunities in education and the emersion of talents.- 12. Conclusions.