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Understanding Cross-Class Marriages

9:00, Thursday, March 12, 2015

Surveys show that married couples argue frequently about money. Experts say that is particularly true when that couple is made up of people from different class backgrounds. But the differences between married people from different class backgrounds don’t stop with money, they shape many ideas about how to live daily life and that can cause problems, too. More about those problems and ways to navigate around them.

Guests
Jessi Streib – Author, The Power of the Past: Understanding Cross-Class Marriages; Assistant Professor of Sociology, Duke University 

Nancy Norman – Licensed Clinical Social Worker 

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