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  2. Scratch Beginnings - Wikipedia

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    Why the book Nickel and Dimed was flawed from the beginning. Why raising the minimum wage does not stimulate the economy of the lower class. Why immigration and job outsourcing are not the causes of decreasing opportunity in the American workforce. How certain individuals are profiting from the consumer's fear of the death of the American Dream ...

  3. Nickel and Dimed - Wikipedia

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    Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America is a book written by Barbara Ehrenreich. Written from her perspective as an undercover journalist, it sets out to investigate the impact of the 1996 welfare reform act on the working poor in the United States. The events related in the book took place between spring 1998 and summer 2000.

  4. Nickel and dimed to death: A master's class in haggling - AOL

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    When I was in sixth grade, my parents took me to a conference in Mexico City. Wandering through the markets and buying things from street vendors, I was amazed to discover that prices weren't ...

  5. Barbara Ehrenreich - Wikipedia

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    She was a widely read and award-winning columnist and essayist and the author of 21 books. Ehrenreich was best known for her 2001 book Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, a memoir of her three-month experiment surviving on a series of minimum-wage jobs. She was a recipient of a Lannan Literary Award and the Erasmus Prize.

  6. Bait and Switch (book) - Wikipedia

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    Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream is a 2005 book by Barbara Ehrenreich.The book follows Ehrenreich's examination of the world of insecure low-wage work that constituted Nickel and Dimed, published in 2001.

  7. List of catchphrases in American and British mass media

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    These are not merely catchy sayings. Even though some sources may identify a phrase as a catchphrase, this list is for those that meet the definition given in the lead section of the catchphrase article and are notable for their widespread use within the culture. This list is distinct from the list of political catchphrases.

  8. 'Wait, What Did You Say?' 125 Tongue-Twisting Telephone Game ...

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    The first player whispers the chosen phrase to the person next to them. It continues down the line or around the circle, until the last person receives the message. At that point, the last player ...

  9. Talk:Nickel and Dimed - Wikipedia

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