The American Health Empire: Power, Profits, and Politics

by Barbara Ehrenreich

The American health Power, profits, and politics. [A report from the Health Policy Advisory Center (Health-PAC)] [Jan 01, 1970] Ehrenreich, Barbara

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First published January 1, 1971

About the author

Barbara Ehrenreich was an American author and political activist. During the 1980s and early 1990s, she was a prominent figure in the Democratic Socialists of America. She was a widely read and award-winning columnist and essayist and the author of 21 books. Ehrenreich was best known for her 2001 book Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, a memoir of her three-month experiment surviving on a series of minimum-wage jobs. She was a recipient of a Lannan Literary Award and the Erasmus Prize.