{"product_id":"bait-and-switch-book-barbara-ehrenreich-9780805081244","title":"Bait and Switch","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling investigation into white-collar unemployment from \"our premier reporter of the underside of capitalism\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe critically-acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eNickel and Dimed\u003c\/i\u003e goes back undercover to offer similarly unflinching insight, this time setting her sights on America''s ailing middle class.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Americans'' working lives are growing more precarious every day. Corporations slash employees by the thousands, and the benefits and pensions once guaranteed by \"middle-class\" jobs are a thing of the past.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eBait and Switch\u003c\/i\u003e, Barbara Ehrenreich goes back undercover to explore another hidden realm of the economy: the shadowy world of the white-collar unemployed. Armed with the plausible résumé of a professional \"in transition,\" she attempts to land a \"middle-class\" job. She submits to career coaching, personality testing, and EST-like boot camps, and attends job fairs, networking events, and evangelical job-search ministries. She is proselytized, scammed, lectured, and--again and again--rejected.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBait and Switch\u003c\/i\u003e highlights the people who have done everything right--gotten college degrees, developed marketable skills, and built up impressive résumés--yet have become repeatedly vulnerable to financial disaster. There are few social supports for these newly disposable workers, Ehrenreich discovers, and little security even for those who have jobs. Worst of all, there is no honest reckoning with the inevitable consequences of the harsh new economy; rather, the jobless are persuaded that they have only themselves to blame.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Alternately hilarious and tragic, \u003ci\u003eBait and Switch\u003c\/i\u003e, like the classic \u003ci\u003eNickel and Dimed\u003c\/i\u003e, is a searing exposé of the cruel new reality in which we all now live.\u003c\/p\u003e -search ministries. She is proselytized, scammed, lectured, and--again and again--rejected.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBait and Switch\u003c\/i\u003e highlights the people who have done everything right--gotten college degrees, developed marketable skills, and built up impressive résumés--yet have become repeatedly vulnerable to financial disaster. There are few social supports for these newly disposable workers, Ehrenreich discovers, and little security even for those who have jobs. Worst of all, there is no honest reckoning with the inevitable consequences of the harsh new economy; rather, the jobless are persuaded that they have only themselves to blame.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Alternately hilarious and tragic, \u003ci\u003eBait and Switch\u003c\/i\u003e, like the classic \u003ci\u003eNickel and Dimed\u003c\/i\u003e, is a searing exposé of the cruel new reality in which we all now live.-search ministries. She is proselytized, scammed, lectured, and--again and again--rejected.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBait and Switch\u003c\/i\u003e highlights the people who have done everything right--gotten college degrees, developed marketable skills, and built up impressive résumés--yet have become repeatedly vulnerable to financial disaster. There are few social supports for these newly disposable workers, Ehrenreich discovers, and little security even for those who have jobs. Worst of all, there is no honest reckoning with the inevitable consequences of the harsh new economy; rather, the jobless are persuaded that they have only themselves to blame.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Alternately hilarious and tragic, \u003ci\u003eBait and Switch\u003c\/i\u003e, like the classic \u003ci\u003eNickel and Dimed\u003c\/i\u003e, is a searing exposé of the cruel new reality in which we all now live.-search ministries. She is proselytized, scammed, lectured, and--again and again--rejected.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBait and Switch\u003c\/i\u003e highlights the people who have done everything right--gotten college degrees, developed marketable skills, and built up impressive résumés--yet have become repeatedly vulnerable to financial disaster. There are few social supports for these newly disposable workers, Ehrenreich discovers, and little security even for those who have jobs. Worst of all, there is no honest reckoning with the inevitable consequences of the harsh new economy; rather, the jobless are persuaded that they have only themselves to blame.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Alternately hilarious and tragic, \u003ci\u003eBait and Switch\u003c\/i\u003e, like the classic \u003ci\u003eNickel and Dimed\u003c\/i\u003e, is a searing exposé of the cruel new reality in which we all now live.developed marketable skills, and built up impressive résumés--yet have become repeatedly vulnerable to financial disaster. There are few social supports for these newly disposable workers, Ehrenreich discovers, and little security even for those who have jobs. Worst of all, there is no honest reckoning with the inevitable consequences of the harsh new economy; rather, the jobless are persuaded that they have only themselves to blame.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Alternately hilarious and tragic, \u003ci\u003eBait and Switch\u003c\/i\u003e, like the classic \u003ci\u003eNickel and Dimed\u003c\/i\u003e, is a searing exposé of the cruel new reality in which we all now live.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49542788808977,"sku":"CIN0805081240VG","price":4.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49583925985553,"sku":"GOR008556349","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49609375318289,"sku":"GOR006600292","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49657841090833,"sku":"GOR011514407","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50365444948241,"sku":"CIN0805081240A","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50365447209233,"sku":"CIN0805081240G","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51007617433873,"sku":"NIN9780805081244","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53149404758289,"sku":"GOR014780408","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0805081240.jpg?v=1750849552","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/bait-and-switch-book-barbara-ehrenreich-9780805081244","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}