NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast — Why Middle Class Budgets Are Cracking and How to Use Travel Points Before They Devalue

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Why Middle Class Budgets Are Cracking and How to Use Travel Points Before They Devalue

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast

Learn how the E-shaped economy is reshaping middle-class budgets and how to stretch travel points on real trips. What does it really mean when economists say the U.S. economy has shifted from a K-shape to an E-shape, and where do middle-class households fit in this new picture? Hosts Sean Pyles and Elizabeth Ayoola…

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