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Book Review of Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America

Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
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I loved this book. Ehrenrich wondered how people survived on minimum wage. "Someone ought to do the old-fashioned kind of journalism - you know, go out there and try it for themselves." The result is not only educational but very readable, as she tries to find apartments and make ends meet while waitressing, cleaning houses, and working at WalMart. ('Bait and Switch', her follow-up on the changing middle class, is great too.)