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How income inequality shapes social relationships and celebrations

My friends want to go out for my birthday but a dinner that is normal for them costs more than I spend on groceries in a week.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Economic disparities within friend groups force impossible choices between financial security and social connection.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Class and structural disadvantage?”

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