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Quotes from Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America — Barbara Ehrenreich

1941–2022 United States

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In the new version of the law of supply and demand, jobs are so cheap — as measured by the pay — that a worker is encouraged to take on as many of them as she possibly can.

Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America (2001)

I complain to one of my fellow servers that I don't understand how she can go so long without food. "Well, I don't understand how you can go so long without a cigarette," she responds in a tone of reproach. Because work is what you do for others; smoking is what you do for yourself.

Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America (2001)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Barbara Ehrenreich (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.