There Is Nothing for You Here: Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century

by Fiona Hill

In many respects the United States has wasted human capital on an enormous scale over the last forty years by constraining social mobility for millions of people. Ultimately, the United States is only as good as the quality of its population, in terms of its general health and well-being and educational attainment. People, individually and collectively, form the core of America’s institutions and drive innovation, yet too often they are an afterthought in our national conversations and our leaders’ policy decisions.