Harvard researcher says Atlanta ranks near bottom for upward mobility

A Bloomberg BusinessWeek article profiling Atlanta for the Super Bowl says the city is full of enterprising transplants and black entrepreneurs who have moved to the area. But it also says that a study co-authored by a Harvard University economist found Atlanta was the second-worst city for giving disadvantaged children the chance to move upwards out of poverty. The article, headlined "Atlanta Attracts Wealthy Black Transplants, But Locals Languish," quotes a Morehouse College professor as saying: “If Atlanta has progressed, it’s for a very small minority."