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Rich Friends, Poor Friends

25-Mar-25 18:00

Rich Friends, Poor Friends

A major study found that friendships across income groups boost social mobility, with low-income children in economically connected areas earning significantly more as adults. It also found that cross-class friendships are linked to greater happiness and trust, though as we know, financial differences can sometimes create tension. So we pose the question to you—when you choose a friend, do you consider the person’s social or economic background? Do you think that having friends who are richer or poorer than yourself makes the friendship trickier to handle?

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Produced by: Evening Edition

Presented by: Sharaad Kuttan, Steve D'angelo


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Categories:  economyculturetravelfashionFamily/Parentingpersonal developmentyoung finance

Tags:  financial differencessocial backgroundeconomic backgroundricher friendspoorer friendstension in friend groupssekufusocial mobilitylow incomehigh incomeclass dividefriendship





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