“The popular, yet unachievable, ideal of the American dream is unattainable for many hard-working Americans.”
Barbara Ehrenreich
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Freedom, Humanity, and the American Dream: The Cost for Life in Low-Wage America
“…as the world marches forward, it seems as if the American dream may have been left tramped upon in the past.”
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Invisible Crisis: The Magnitude of Low-Income Workers in America
The United States is a developed country, but it is not immune to poverty solely because it doesn’t have the stereotypical slums without water and sanitation we often associate with poverty.
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Working Hard but Left Behind
“Not only does she show the absurdity of the ‘living wage’ by giving a detailed autopsy of the American dream, but she also exposes the contradictions inherent in market-based capitalistic economies and the systemic cycle of poverty.”
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The Non Living-Wage Worker
“Low-wage workers do difficult tasks and work in jobs that are essential to the running of our economy, all things that warrant a raise.”