Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream by Barbara Ehrenreich
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Bait and Switch
Summary
The bestselling author of "Nickel and Dimed" goes back undercover to enter the world of the white-collar unemployed. As Ehrenreich discovers, there are few social supports for these newly disposable workers--and little security even for those who have jobs.
Bait and Switch Summary
Bait and Switch Reviews
Praise for Nickel and Dimed:
" We have Barbara Ehrenreich to thank for bringing us the news of America' s working poor so clearly and directly, and
conveying with it a deep moral outrage . . . She is our premier reporter of the underside of capitalism."
-- The New York Times Book Review
" Jarring, full of riveting grit . . . This book is already
unforgettable." -- Newsweek
" Courageous . . . a superb and frightening look into the lives of hard-working Americans."
-- San Francisco Chronicle
Praise for Nickel and Dimed:
"We have Barbara Ehrenreich to thank for bringing us the news of America's working poor so clearly and directly, and
conveying with it a deep moral outrage . . . She is our premier reporter of the underside of capitalism."
-The New York Times Book Review
"Jarring, full of riveting grit . . . This book is already
unforgettable." -Newsweek
"Courageous . . . a superb and frightening look into the lives of hard-working Americans."
-San Francisco Chronicle
Praise for Nickel and Dimed:
"We have Barbara Ehrenreich to thank for bringing us the news of America's working poor so clearly and directly, and
conveying with it a deep moral outrage . . . She is our premier reporter of the underside of capitalism."
--The New York Times Book Review
" We have Barbara Ehrenreich to thank for bringing us the news of America' s working poor so clearly and directly, and
conveying with it a deep moral outrage . . . She is our premier reporter of the underside of capitalism."
-- The New York Times Book Review
" Jarring, full of riveting grit . . . This book is already
unforgettable." -- Newsweek
" Courageous . . . a superb and frightening look into the lives of hard-working Americans."
-- San Francisco Chronicle
Praise for Nickel and Dimed:
"We have Barbara Ehrenreich to thank for bringing us the news of America's working poor so clearly and directly, and
conveying with it a deep moral outrage . . . She is our premier reporter of the underside of capitalism."
-The New York Times Book Review
"Jarring, full of riveting grit . . . This book is already
unforgettable." -Newsweek
"Courageous . . . a superb and frightening look into the lives of hard-working Americans."
-San Francisco Chronicle
Praise for Nickel and Dimed:
"We have Barbara Ehrenreich to thank for bringing us the news of America's working poor so clearly and directly, and
conveying with it a deep moral outrage . . . She is our premier reporter of the underside of capitalism."
--The New York Times Book Review
"Jarring, full of riveting grit . . . This book is already
unforgettable." --Newsweek
"Courageous . . . a superb and frightening look into the lives of hard-working Americans."
--San Francisco Chronicle
About Barbara Ehrenreich
Barbara Ehrenreich is the author of thirteen books, including the New York Times bestseller Nickel and Dimed (0-8050-6389-7). A frequent contributor to Harper's and The Nation, she has been a columnist at The New York Times and
Time magazine. She lives in Virginia.
Time magazine. She lives in Virginia.
Additional information
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Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream by Barbara Ehrenreich
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Henry Holt & Company Inc
2005-09-06
256
Short-listed for Quill Awards (Business) 2006
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