Summary Of Barbara Ehrenreich's Nickel And Dimed
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As I was reading Nickel and dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich I found this really interesting it grab my attention, Ehrenceich is a middle class journalist reporter was doing an experiment on how difficult it is to live your life being paid low-wages, also as a welfare mother, and explaining hidden economic problem. For example in some places where a lot of tourists visits or lives is too expensive to live around those area (New York City, Boston, etc.). Also, Ehrenreich was explaining that a lot of jobs where paying really low low-wages that it is impossible to live your life with that job. Ehrenreich gave an example of the economic problem that there is a lot of jobs that pays less than 7 dollars an hour but the homeless people are being paid $8.89