Nickel and Dimed
On (Not) Getting by in America
Ranked #6 in Poverty, Ranked #19 in Sociology — see more rankings.
Millions of Americans work full time, year round, for poverty-level wages. In 1998, Barbara Ehrenreich decided to join them. She was inspired in part by the rhetoric surrounding welfare reform, which promised that a job -- any job -- can be the ticket to a better life. But how does anyone survive, let alone prosper, on $6 an hour? To find out, Ehrenreich left her home, took the cheapest lodgings... more
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Jim Edwards @Astrologic007 @ainecain @businessinsider @B_Ehrenreich @AndrewYang @carolhunter @esaagar @EmmaVigeland @kthalps @ErinBurnett @mviser Nickel and Dimed is a great book and everyone should read it. @B_Ehrenreich (Source)
Steve Marmel Side note — There’s a fantastic book about this: “Nickle and Dimed.” https://t.co/hykM6zvnBS https://t.co/xkCxxPBBnA (Source)
Angela Pham Another form of non-fiction heartbreak. This is a timeless look at how most of America survives. You cannot be an empathetic business leader without this lens. (Source)
Leah Lizarondo These books propelled me to want to work on a social enterprise and underscored my passion for making a difference in food policy. I believe we can build an innovative company that has deep social impact. That we can use the same mindsets that single bottom-line companies have to build successful triple and quadruple bottom-line companies. It is the holy grail -- for your work to present the challenge to be creative, innovative, quick on a daily basis but also at the end of the day, the knowledge that you are making a real difference in people's lives. I feel extremely fortunate to be in this... (Source)
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Nickel and Dimed is ranked in the following categories:
- #66 in Capitalism
- #66 in Civics
- #20 in Class
- #70 in Culture
- #46 in Current Affairs
- #70 in Economics
- #46 in Journalism
- #82 in Justice
- #97 in Politics
- #31 in Project
- #90 in Public Health
- #83 in Social
- #36 in Social Sciences
- #89 in Social Studies
- #37 in Social Work
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