Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America Summary and Reviews

Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
by Barbara Ehrenreich

Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
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Author: Barbara Ehrenreich
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2002-05-01
ISBN: 0805063897
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks

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Book Review: "Economically-Superior" Guilt or just plain rubbish...
Summary: 2 Stars

I had this book on my 'to-read' list for several years now... I was initially interested because a similar but much more honest author in the United Kingdom undertook a very similar investigation (Below the Breadline: Living on the Minimum Wage
by Fran Abrams). At the time it was more socially relevant to me because I was living in the UK - but since I'm back in the States Barbara's book seemed worth a try.

Ultimately - I did not expect to walk away with a new-found understanding of the economic underclass... what I was interested in was how Ehrenreich would feel in the role. The disappointingly arrogant view of her new self-inflicted world was somewhat surprising.

The book was stretched out - more padding then true insights... but the "Evaluation" was the real Ehrenreich unleashed...

This book may have been slightly more eye-opening to the clueless in 2000-2001 - but by 2003 if you haven't heard enough about recession, job loss and the working poor then you should stick to 'Green Eggs and Ham' for literary fodder. We are led to believe that somehow this book will (or at the very least 'should') make some kind of impact. Not a chance. Not when the investigative author herself culminates with the thought that in actuality the poor are making conscience and heartfelt sacrifices for the wealthy everyday by working substandard jobs -and we should respect them for this. So ultimately - she is saying the poor choose to be poor. She didn't learn a thing.

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