I was amazed by the number of people tending the fields until late into the evening and back at first light the following day. There was little mechanization but plenty of hard honest work.

“Spending patterns changed as the year went on, with people tending to spend more on personal gifts rather than things like gift vouchers,” he said. “We were pleased with the immediate run-up to ...

For the first time, we asked people for their opinions of Big Tech companies: Around 1 in 2 adults (47%) reported that they have no or low trust in Big Tech companies; 1 in 4 (25%) had high or ...

I was amazed by the number of people tending the fields until late into the evening and back at first light the following day. There was little mechanization but plenty of hard honest work. By the ...

With that in mind, here are seven items poor people tend to waste money on that other classes don’t. People with lower incomes might be more inclined to purchase inexpensive, fast-fashion items ...

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