Bait and Switch - by Barbara Ehrenreich (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The bestselling author of "Nickel and Dimed" goes back undercover to enter the world of the white-collar unemployed. As Ehrenreich discovers, there are few social supports for these newly disposable workers--and little security even for those who have jobs.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>The New York Times bestselling investigation into white-collar unemployment from our premier reporter of the underside of capitalism--The New York Times Book Review</b> <p/>Americans' working lives are growing more precarious every day. Corporations slash employees by the thousands, and the benefits and pensions once guaranteed by middle-class jobs are a thing of the past. <p/>In <i>Bait and Switch</i>, Barbara Ehrenreich goes back undercover to explore another hidden realm of the economy: the shadowy world of the white-collar unemployed. Armed with the plausible résumé of a professional in transition, she attempts to land a middle-class job. She submits to career coaching, personality testing, and EST-like boot camps, and attends job fairs, networking events, and evangelical job-search ministries. She is proselytized, scammed, lectured, and--again and again--rejected. <p/><i>Bait and Switch</i> highlights the people who have done everything right--gotten college degrees, developed marketable skills, and built up impressive résumés--yet have become repeatedly vulnerable to financial disaster. There are few social supports for these newly disposable workers, Ehrenreich discovers, and little security even for those who have jobs. Worst of all, there is no honest reckoning with the inevitable consequences of the harsh new economy; rather, the jobless are persuaded that they have only themselves to blame. <p/>Alternately hilarious and tragic, <i>Bait and Switch</i>, like the classic <i>Nickel and Dimed</i>, is a searing exposé of the cruel new reality in which we all now live.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"We have Barbara Ehrenreich to thank for bringing us the news of America's working poor so clearly and directly, and conveying with it a deep moral outrage . . . She is our premier reporter of the underside of capitalism." --<i>The New York Times Book Review on Nickel and Dimed</i> <p/>"Jarring, full of riveting grit . . . This book is already unforgettable." --<i>Newsweek on Nickel and Dimed</i> <p/>"Courageous . . . a superb and frightening look into the lives of hard-working Americans." --<i>San Francisco Chronicle on Nickel and Dimed</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Barbara Ehrenreich</b> is the bestselling author of <i>Nickel and Dimed</i>, <i>Bright-sided</i>, <i>This Land Is Their Land</i>, <i>Dancing in the Streets</i> and <i>Blood Rites</i>, among others. A frequent contributor to <i>Harper's</i> and <i>The Nation</i>, she has also been a columnist at <i>The New York Times</i> and <i>Time</i> magazine. She is the winner of the <i>L.A. Times</i> Book Prize for Current Interest and ALA Notable Books for Nonfiction. <p/>Ehrenreich was born in Butte, Montana, when it was still a bustling mining town. She studied physics at Reed College, and earned a Ph.D. in cell biology from Rockefeller University. Rather than going into laboratory work, she got involved in activism, and soon devoted herself to writing her innovative journalism. She lives and works in Florida.</p>
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