false <![CDATA[Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1158960262m/1869.jpg 1869 17 Millions of Americans work for poverty-level wages, and one day Barbara Ehrenreich decided to join them. She was inspired in part by the rhetoric surrounding welfare reform, which promised that any job equals a better life. But how can anyone survive, let alone prosper, on $6 to $7 an hour? To find out, Ehrenreich moved from Florida to Maine to Minnesota, taking the cheapest lodgings available and accepting work as a waitress, hotel maid, house cleaner, nursing-home aide, and Wal-Mart salesperson. She soon discovered that even the lowliest occupations require exhausting mental and physical efforts. And one job is not enough; you need at least two if you intend to live indoors. Nickel and Dimed reveals low-wage America in all its tenacity, anxiety, and surprising generosity -- a land of Big Boxes, fast food, and a thousand desperate strategies for survival. Instantly acclaimed for its insight, humor, and passion, this book is changing the way America perceives its working poor. 1840613 2001 Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America total:33268|5:7392|4:11834|3:8882|2:3163|1:2042| 33268 119132 47010 2326 3 40 false false Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Thu Jul 26 14:53:45 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 30 10:57:32 -0700 2007 Nickel and Dimed, by Barbara Ehrenreich:

First the positive:
- Interesting premise: writer decides to try to live on the wages that unskilled workers (waitresses, home/hotel cleaners, department store [Walmart, for instance] clerks) earn to see ...more...]]> 1 37 false false Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Wed Jul 18 13:48:03 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 18 14:02:21 -0700 2007 I have experience working with and researching programs that aid the poor and working poor. I hated this book. The only role it could play is as a weak talking piece for starting up serious discussion about the struggles and needs of the poor.

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How do I resent thee? Let me count the ways:

1. You are a wealthy, highly educated person who went on a half-assed, anthropological slumming vacation.

2. When said vacation was over, you told your coworkers: "Surprise! I'm not a poo...more...]]> 4 9 false false Tue Apr 24 07:37:34 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 24 07:55:39 -0700 2007
Barbara Ehrenreich left the comforts of her upper/middle-class lifestyle fo...more...]]> 1 11 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 22 05:04:16 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 15 11:58:41 -0800 2007
What was the publisher thinking? Letting a biology Ph.d write an economics book. There are so many economic inaccuracies in this book they are too numerous to mention. The most important theory she mangles is that she thinks wages she should be raised e...more...]]> 1 11 false false Sun Oct 14 22:40:52 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 14 22:49:15 -0700 2007
First of all, Barbara Ehrenreich has a ...more...]]> 1 10 false false Tue Jul 17 19:34:09 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 17 19:46:39 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 20 false false Thu Nov 27 03:08:15 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 27 03:08:23 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 5 false false Thu Apr 10 09:34:30 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 15 21:51:14 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 9 false false Sun Dec 30 18:53:36 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 30 19:09:17 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 4 false false Sun Aug 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 05 13:26:11 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 05 13:27:40 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 6 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Tue May 20 09:13:10 -0700 2008 Tue May 20 10:33:39 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 7 false false Thu Sep 13 17:10:25 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 13 17:10:25 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 4 false false Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Jun 20 20:01:57 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 20 20:04:16 -0700 2007 Barbara Ehrenreich investigates just how working class people in the United States make ends meet. Ehrenreich goes displaces her self three times, in Key West, Maine and Minnesota, allows herself just over $1000, gets housing and a wage paying job, and tries to live as a wage worker fo...more...]]> 2 5 false false Sat Sep 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 02 12:44:06 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 27 20:49:41 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 6 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Jan 16 14:06:59 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 16 14:31:21 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 3 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 12 11:15:23 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 12 11:21:42 -0800 2007 more...]]> 2 3 false false Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Nov 07 16:02:43 -0800 2007 Mon Feb 04 09:28:29 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 3 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 01 03:37:17 -0700 2007 Sat Nov 10 04:00:28 -0800 2007
The book might have been an engaging social experiment if the author/narrator took th...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1869