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fromSilicon Canals
2 days ago

You know you grew up lower-middle-class when these 9 things still feel like a luxury - Silicon Canals

Childhood socioeconomic background shapes lifelong perceptions of everyday comforts, making ordinary conveniences feel indulgent.
fromenglish.elpais.com
4 months ago

The social elevator is breaking down in Spain, one of the richest countries with the greatest inequality of opportunity

Economists have long warned that the upward climb has slowed to a near standstill. Now the OECD has provided figures that reinforce this perception: in Spain, more than a third of income inequality is determined by factors that do not depend on the individual, but rather on imposed or inherited circumstances such as gender, the parents' place of birth, or, above all, their socioeconomic background.
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