Tuesday, February 22, 2022 | 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

This class will be hosted on ZOOM

Join the LA Law Library book discussion group via Zoom as we begin our 2022 exploration of income inequality in America.  Barbara Ehrenreich’s Nickel & Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America is a revelatory undercover investigation into life and survival in low-wage America, an increasingly urgent topic that continues to resonate 20 years after publication.  Ehrenreich wanted to demonstrate that the 1996 welfare reform bill’s goal of moving long term recipients off the rolls was premised on the mistaken belief that poverty wages were sufficient to sustain a family.  The book documents Ehrenreich’s own experiences working as a waitress in Florida, a housecleaner in Maine and a Walmart salesperson in Minnesota.  She proved her point that even amid a tight labor market, she couldn’t find a way to support herself.  Now 20 years later, have things changed?  The 20^th Anniversary edition includes a forward by Matthew Desmond, author of Evicted: Poverty & Profit in the American City.

About the author:

• LA Times Book Prize 2001 (Current Interest)
• Christopher Award 2002
• Book Sense Book of the Year 2002 (Adult Non Fiction)
• New York Times bestseller

Presented by: Katie O’Laughlin, Managing Librarian, Reference & Research

Registration fee: FREE.  This discussion will be hosted via Zoom.  Zoom information will be emailed to registrants prior to discussion.

LA Law Library does not provide legal advice:

LA Law Library does not provide legal advice.  LA Law Library provides legal resources and assistance with legal research as an educational service.  The information presented in this program is not legal advice and is provided solely as an educational service to our patrons.  For legal advice, you should consult an attorney.