Nickel And Dimed Summary By Barbara Ehrenreich

Barbara Ehrenreich takes a look into the daily struggles of the living poor in her book Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America. As income inequality gets more severe every decade, change must take place in American society. People working two full time jobs still living in poverty, light will be shed on the 1% by the 99%,

In the book Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich, Ehrenreich leaves a comfortable life to go undercover to investigate how the working poor survive on such low wages, she looks into income inequality The income disparity between the rich and the poor and even the rich and the middle class has grown significantly over the last century. Every decade, the gap has been increasing with

Income inequality damages everything in a society from economic growth and democracy to minorities and education. Economic growth is limited during economic inequality because the majority of the gross national product is owned by the 1%, because of this the 99% does not have as much income leading to less spending which puts a limit on economic growth. Democracy is also strained as many wealthy families use their money to influence political parties to work on their half by making ‘donations’ of huge amounts. Minorities are effected as they do not have as many opportunities as whites do, especially males and often have higher poverty levels, they are even more restricted when their income is low because of the income inequality Even education is unobtainable for certain families because of the income inequality in the United States, because their income is limited and college tuition has increased dramatically over the last couple of decades they are unable to obtain a college education and are forced to work low skill level jobs. They may even have to drop out of high school to pursue a job for financial