How much money would it take to feel financially secure?
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How much money would it take to feel financially secure?

B1IntermediateNovember 10, 202644 min
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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Mona Chalabi spent five years following 10 Americans living across the economic spectrum – from those living paycheck-to paycheck to top wage earners Her new book, Ten Lives, explores why financial security can feel so elusive. She spoke with Tonya Mosley about our stunted language around class, inheritance, and why so many people in the U.S. self-identify as middle class. Subscribe to our free weekly newsletter Follow us on Instagram Subscribe to our YouTube channel Check out the Fresh Air Archives See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collectio...

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This week on NPR's Newsmakers, Democrat Absal El-Sayed says his party should treat the president as the quote, unserious fool that he is. Can the incoming senator and his colleagues also work with the president? I dare Donald Trump to veto.

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I dare him. This is Fresh Air. I'm Tanya Mosley. We talk about money all the time in this country.

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price of groceries, the cost of housing, whether the rich pay their fair share. But when it comes to our own money, that's a different story. We don't really talk about how much we make or owe or the help we get from our parents. My guest today, Mona Chalabi, spent five years having those conversations.

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