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Jul 29, 2011 9 min

On Social Climbing

from A Point of View Hosted by BBC Radio 4

Alain de Botton reflects on social climbing - and argues that the activity should be seen - at times - as evidence of a natural curiosity about the modern world. And he says in the current environment, it's often not idle pleasure-seeking, but an attempt to keep yourself in a job. Producer: Adele Armstrong.

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