Social Issues
Along the way, Shepard explores controversial premises, such as:
- Why the book Nickel and Dimed was flawed from the beginning.
- Why raising the minimum wage does not stimulate the economy of the lower class.
- Why immigration and job outsourcing are not the causes of decreasing opportunity in the American workforce.
- How certain individuals are profiting from the consumer's fear of the death of the American Dream.
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