A Forecaster research draft
By Kevin L. Michel
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Money & work · COMPLETE RESEARCH DRAFT
The Life You Can’t Afford
Working harder. Earning more. Still falling behind.
A case for making healthcare, education, a secure home, and room to choose part of ordinary prosperity. Through household budgets, public policy, and the choices behind collective wealth, this book asks how a society can make freedom practical.
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Contents
- The Permission to Live
- When the Numbers Say You Are Doing Well
- The Choices That Became Normal
- The Price of Being Well
- The Education We Owe Each Other
- A Place to Stand
- The Cost of Letting People Fall
- What We Choose to Protect
- The Wealth We Build Together
- Freedom With Somewhere to Go
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