How much money would it take to feel financially secure?

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.

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