6/26/2023 0 Comments Nickel and dimed book![]() ![]() Without savings, Barbara cannot afford the deposit for an apartment, and so ends up having to pay far more for a motel room-a situation that, she learns, is far from uncommon. One major economic lesson from this experiment is how wildly inefficient living and working in poverty can become. ![]() Barbara reveals the complications that arise from trying to survive on a minimum-age job-complications often hidden to those who aren’t working as low-wage workers-to make the case that such labor is ultimately unsustainable. ![]() As Barbara came to learn, and explains throughout her book, such a goal is far from simple. When Barbara Ehrenreich set out to write the book that would become Nickel and Dimed, her stated goal was pretty straightforward: to see if she could pay for rent, food, and other bills as a low-wage worker. ![]()
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