On Rich Friends and Poor Friends

Rudulph Ellis Carter holds a picnic in Newport, August 1987. (Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Is making the right kinds of friends the secret to upward mobility?
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Is making the right kinds of friends the secret to upward mobility? Did having friends who—like me—grew up in poor and dysfunctional environments lead me to make bad decisions in my own early life? And if I had remained friends only with my childhood cohort would I remain poor?
A new book called Friends: Understanding the Power of our Most Important Rela…
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