Ehrenreich, B. (2016). Nickel and
dimed: On (not) getting by in America. New York: Henry Holt and Company.
Here, Ehrenreich tries to ascertain whether it is
possible for a person to live on a minimum-wage in the United States and Canada
or not. The author beautifully reflects and summarizes her work, her financial
problems, and her relationship with the workers of the World Bank. She is
familiar with the limitations of her work and the ethical implications of her
research tactics and has talked about the similar problems in the text.
Ehrenreich also compares the current and previous waves of globalization.
The focus of her research is the impacts of economic
integration on developed countries. A
few years ago, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank
endorsed a framework to achieve sustainable results. It placed requirements
that countries receiving debt relief and concessional lending will adopt
specific poverty reduction strategies and will have to fund both local and
international projects. The author supplements her experience with scholarly
research and highlights the rising costs of living in the developed countries,
including the United States of America and Canada.
