Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America — The System Behind the Working Poor

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.

This episode explores Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich as a systems-level analysis of how the low-wage labor economy influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes.

By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode shows why these systems persist — and how they connect to larger economic, political, and cultural structures.

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