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25 Questions to Determine if You Live in a Bubble
Does the term "Branson" make you think of the knighted founder of Virgin Records, or the family vacation town in Missouri? Do you watch Empire? Have you been fishing lately? Depending on your answer, you may be living in an upper-middle-class bubble.
Paul Solman, business and economics correspondent for PBS NewsHour, talks about his recent Making $ense interview with the libertarian writer Charles Murray, whose popular "Do You Live in a Bubble?" quiz was recently updated with new questions.
Watch Paul Solman's recent PBS segment, "Why economic anxiety is driving voters to 'Trumpism'":