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Why Richer People Spend More Time With Their Friends

A new study suggests that with money comes the luxury of choosing not to socialize mostly with neighbors and family members.
The actor Macaulay Culkin speaks to the media before the premiere of "Richie Rich" in Los Angeles, California, in 1994.
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In the 1994 movie adaptation of the comic book Richie Rich, Macaulay Culkin plays a boy whose immense wealth keeps him having from a normal, friend-filled childhood. The movie’s happy ending—Richie ditches his stuffy prep-school milieu and becomes rich in friendship with some middle-class kids from the sandlot—points to a reassuring PG-movie morality.

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