

#3384
Mentioned in 8 episodes
Nickel and Dimed
Book • 2001
In *Nickel and Dimed*, Barbara Ehrenreich chronicles her three-month experiment living on minimum-wage earnings, working as a waitress, maid, and retail clerk.
The book highlights the impossibility of making ends meet on such wages, revealing the harsh realities faced by low-income workers in the United States.
It was expanded from an article in *Harper's Magazine* and became a bestseller, praised for its impactful portrayal of economic inequality.
The book highlights the impossibility of making ends meet on such wages, revealing the harsh realities faced by low-income workers in the United States.
It was expanded from an article in *Harper's Magazine* and became a bestseller, praised for its impactful portrayal of economic inequality.
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Mentioned in 8 episodes
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when discussing the challenges faced by low-income individuals and the need to address the high cost of being poor.


Jigar Shah

56 snips
A fireside chat with Jigar Shah
Referenced as a classic book alongside “Getting Me Cheap” about women trapped in low-wage cycles.

54 snips
How to Use Today's Economic Uncertainty to Get Closer to Your Dream Life
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in the context of discussing the challenges faced by low-skilled workers and the dynamics of workplace management.


Bryan Caplan

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Bryan Caplan - Discrimination, Poverty, & Mental Illness
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when discussing her motivation for participating in the debate.

Kadie Ward

19 snips
Should We Address the Gender Wage Gap?
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as work similar to Fake Work, in its ethnographic nature.


Tyler

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A New Book About Fake Work and Some Zohran Takes with Leigh Claire LaBerge
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as Rosa Brooks' mother and a prominent leftist journalist.


Patrick Blanchfield

11 snips
91: Feminism, Antagonism, and Solidarity feat. Sophie Lewis
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in relation to low-wage work in America.


Stephen J. Dubner

489. Is “Toxic Positivity” a Thing?
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while discussing a book by Barbara Ehrenreich about her experiences working various jobs, including house cleaning.

John Roderick

Ep. 574: "Big Strong Man"
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as a book he read and loved about a journalist going undercover living on minimum wage.


Des Bishop

#286 Adding Raisins to Potato Salad with Des Bishop
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as one of 

's books that explores the economic conditions of low-wage workers in America.


Ezra Klein


Barbara Ehrenreich

Barbara Ehrenreich on UBI, class conflict, and collective joy
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in relation to ![undefined]()

's work on working-class Americans.

Andrew Keen

Michael Stein

Episode 2521: Michael Stein on the Real Lives of the American Working Class
Mentioned by Brian Goldstone as a comparable work to “There Is No Place for Us”.

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, who was inspired by it to create a documentary series about living on minimum wage.


Des Bishop

#286 Adding Raisins to Potato Salad with Des Bishop