It may be a slow climb up the economic and social ladder.

Yes, there are other ways to help the people at the bottom of the economic ladder.

Just how hard was it for somebody to climb from the bottom of the economic ladder to the top in the 1980's?

Indeed, those at the lower end of the economic ladder are slipping even further.

Higher education always has been the fastest route up the economic and social ladder.

"People, especially at the bottom of the economic ladder, don't see him as a threat," he said.

Everyone moved a step or two up the economic ladder.

Arrests are mostly made at the bottom of the economic ladder.

How can the government help people move up the economic ladder, beyond the lowest paying jobs?

"People are taking their first steps up the economic ladder here."