NICKEL AND DIMED

Nickel and Dimed: Summary

Nickel and Dimed: Summary

Introduction

The book revolves around the topic that no one can get a low paying job in America. The author of this book is Barbara Ehrenreich, who points out that an average American cannot live on a minimum wage set by the American government. She became an undercover agent, and tried to find out how the non skilled workers make their end meet and how they live on their minimal salary. She had her experiment in three different locations i.e. Florida, Maine and Minnesota. In these locations, she tried to get a job of ...