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	Info Unit IA: Beginning with the Personal Document Actions — filed under: low-wage employment, "Nickel and Dimed", Catholic Social Teaching Lecture Notes for Unit IA Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America chronicles Barbara Ehrenreich’s undercover research on low-wage employment in the United States. As you read Ehrenreich’s account, reflect on the following questions: What features of her experience stand out for you? Have you had similar experiences? What, if anything, do we learn from her story about the significance of work? Why begin a course in Catholic Social Teaching with a book like Nickel and Dimed? Copyright 2009, by the Contributing Authors. Cite/attribute Resource. Ryan, M. (2007, June 19). Unit IA: Beginning with the Personal. Retrieved November 23, 2009, from Notre Dame OpenCourseWare Web site: http://ocw.nd.edu/theology/catholic-social-teaching/unit-ia-beginning-with-the-personal. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.