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Index Nickel and Dimed

Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America is a book written by Barbara Ehrenreich.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 23 relations: Bait and Switch (book), Barbara Ehrenreich, Cell biology, Christopher Award, Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America, Harper's Magazine, Henry Holt and Company, Linda Tirado, Moral Mazes, Occupy Wall Street, Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act, Personality test, Repetitive strain injury, Scratch Beginnings, Skill (labor), Stephanie Land, The American Ruling Class, The Guardian, The New York Times, Undercover Boss, Undercover journalism, White-collar worker, Working poor.

  2. Books about poverty
  3. Books by Barbara Ehrenreich
  4. Metropolitan Books books
  5. Working class in the United States

Bait and Switch (book)

Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream is a 2005 book by Barbara Ehrenreich. Nickel and Dimed and Bait and Switch (book) are books by Barbara Ehrenreich and Metropolitan Books books.

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Barbara Ehrenreich

Barbara Ehrenreich (August 26, 1941 – September 1, 2022) was an American author and political activist.

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Cell biology

Cell biology (also cellular biology or cytology) is a branch of biology that studies the structure, function, and behavior of cells.

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Christopher Award

The Christopher Award (established 1949) is presented to the producers, directors, and writers of books, films and television specials that "affirm the highest values of the human spirit".

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Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America

Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America is the debut book by author Linda Tirado.

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Harper's Magazine

Harper's Magazine is a monthly magazine of literature, politics, culture, finance, and the arts.

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Henry Holt and Company

Henry Holt and Company is an American book-publishing company based in New York City.

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Linda Tirado

Linda Tirado (born) is an American author, freelance photographer and political activist.

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Moral Mazes

Moral Mazes: The World of Corporate Managers is a 1988 book by sociologist Robert Jackall that investigates the world of corporate managers in the United States.

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Occupy Wall Street

Occupy Wall Street (OWS) was a left-wing populist movement against economic inequality, corporate greed, big finance, and the influence of money in politics that began in Zuccotti Park, located in New York City's Financial District, and lasted for fifty-nine days—from September 17 to November 15, 2011.

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Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) is a United States federal law passed by the 104th United States Congress and signed into law by President Bill Clinton.

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Personality test

A personality test is a method of assessing human personality constructs.

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Repetitive strain injury

A repetitive strain injury (RSI) is an injury to part of the musculoskeletal or nervous system caused by repetitive use, vibrations, compression or long periods in a fixed position.

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Scratch Beginnings

Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream is a book by Adam Shepard, a graduate of Merrimack College, about his attempt to live the American Dream. Nickel and Dimed and Scratch Beginnings are books about poverty.

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Skill (labor)

Skill is a measure of the amount of worker's expertise, specialization, wages, and supervisory capacity.

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Stephanie Land

Stephanie Land (born September 1978) is an American author and public speaker.

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The American Ruling Class

The American Ruling Class is a 2005 dramatic documentary film written by Lewis H. Lapham and directed by John Kirby that "explores our country’s most taboo topic: class, power and privilege in our nominally democratic republic." It seeks to answer the question, "Does America have a ruling class?" Its producers consider it the first "dramatic-documentary-musical." A rough-cut of the film was shown at the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival, the final version of the film was shown on the Sundance Channel in July 2007, and it had its theatrical premiere at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in April 2008.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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Undercover Boss

Undercover Boss is a reality television series franchise created by Stephen Lambert and produced in many countries.

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Undercover journalism

Undercover journalism is a form of journalism in which a reporter tries to infiltrate in a community by posing as somebody friendly to that community.

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White-collar worker

A white-collar worker is a person who performs professional service, desk, managerial, or administrative work.

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Working poor

The working poor are working people whose incomes fall below a given poverty line due to low-income jobs and low familial household income.

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See also

Books about poverty

Books by Barbara Ehrenreich

Metropolitan Books books

Working class in the United States

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_and_Dimed

Also known as Nickel & Dimed, Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, Nickled and Dimed.