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{{short description|Book by Barbara Ehrenreich}}
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| author        = [[Barbara Ehrenreich]]
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| country       = United States
| language      = English
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| publisher     = [[Metropolitan Books]]
| release_date  = 2001
| media_type    = Print
| pages         = 224 pp
| isbn          = 0-8050-8838-5
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| awards = [[Christopher Award]]
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'''''Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America''''' is a book written by [[Barbara Ehrenreich]]. Written from her perspective as an [[undercover journalism|undercover journalist]], it sets out to investigate the impact of the [[Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act|1996 welfare reform act]] on the [[working poor]] in the United States.

The events related in the book took place between spring 1998 and summer 2000. The book was first published in 2001 by [[Metropolitan Books]]. It was expanded from an article she wrote from a  January 1999 issue of [[Harper's Magazine|''Harper's'' ''Magazine'']]. Ehrenreich later wrote a companion book, ''[[Bait and Switch (book)|Bait and Switch]]'' (published September 2005), about her attempt to find a [[White-collar worker|white-collar]] job.

In 2019, the book was ranked 13th on ''[[The Guardian]]''{{'}}s list of the 100 best books of the 21st century.<ref>{{cite web |title=The 100 best books of the 21st century |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/sep/21/best-books-of-the-21st-century |website=The Guardian |date=21 September 2019 |access-date=22 September 2019}}</ref> In 2024, it was ranked 57th on the ''[[New York Times]]'' list of the 100 best books of the 21st century.<ref>{{cite web |title=The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/books/best-books-21st-century.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=10 July 2024 |date=8 July 2024}}</ref>