Barbara Ehrenreich wrote about living on $7 an hour in this book subtitled "On (Not) Getting By in America"
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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America: Barbara ...  Buy Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America on Amazon.com  FREE SHIPPING on qualified orders. ... Millions of Americans work full time, year round, for poverty-level wages. In 1998, Barbara Ehrenreich decided to join them. .... of the unskilled--at $6 to $7 an hour, only half of what is considered a living wage.
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Nickel and Dimed - The New York Times  May 13, 2001 ... On (Not) Getting By in America. ... Barbara Ehrenreich had a question: How, she wondered, would the four ... Ehrenreich, who has a dozen books behind her dealing with the ... She figured that with a $7-an-hour job, and a place to rent costing .... In the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, where the ''living wage'' for a...
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Nickel and Dimed Will Make NYC Debut in 2005-06 | Playbill  Jun 30, 2005 ... In the 1998 book, Ehrenreich was a waitress, housecleaner and retail ... The still-in-print New York Times bestseller has the subtitle "On (Not) Getting By in America. ... In the play, Barbara is center stage and four actresses and one actor ... her necessary wage ($7 an hour), finds a living space (she aspires to...
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