Barbara Ehrenreich tells the reader how the idea for this book came about: when Ehrenreich begins writing, in comparatively sumptuous circumstances.” Then she described a $30 lunch at a French-style restaurant with the editor of Harper’s magazine discussing future articles “Lewis Lapham” who, when Ehrenreich casually mentions that someone ought to investigate the consequences of welfare reform by going out and trying the low-wage workplace “for themselves”, jumps on the idea and beckons Ehrenreich to take the dive.
Barbara Ehrenreich comes from a family who are familiar with low-wage work, her father and other relatives of her were miners, while her husband was a warehouse worker when they just met, and her sister has moved through different
Barbara Ehrenreich comes from a family who are familiar with low-wage work, her father and other relatives of her were miners, while her husband was a warehouse worker when they just met, and her sister has moved through different