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Financial Security Becomes Elusive Across Income Brackets
· New York time
Author Mona Chalabi spent five years following Americans living paycheck to paycheck as well as people earning top wages. Her book, Ten Lives, explores why financial security can feel elusive across the economic spectrum. The experiences are not interchangeable. Income and resources shape the choices available to a household, even when uncertainty is a shared theme. Chalabi's work examines the gap between earning money and feeling secure, from very different positions on the income ladder. Apparently, a larger paycheck can purchase many things, but a permanent guarantee about the future is not on the shelf.
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