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Matthew Tooth matt1b00 — After the release of her best-selling Nickel and Dimed, an undercover journey to document the struggles of blue-collar employment, Barbara Ehrenreich was constantly approached with the question: what about the fall of the middle class? What about the laid-off executive who can no longer support a family, or the engineering graduate behind the counter at Starbucks? These were the motivated workers who supposedly did everything right and are now sinking toward the poverty line. In Bait and Switch, Ehrenreich continues to dispel the old-fashioned myth that in America, we can accomplish anything with hard work. Does she provide a solution? No. That's because there really is no solution. No economic system is perfect, and the current employment trends are some of the downfalls of capitalism, a system that America embraces but simultaneously condemns. Now, her experiment wasn't perfect. Creating a fake identity complete with her former name, an imagined past as a PR professional re-entering the industry, and a phony resume, Ehrenreich was only able to present a one-dimensional account of her own experience rather than get into the bigger picture. Would a real PR professional with an identical background have been to secure a position within that four month period? Who knows. Probably not. What Bait and Switch revealed to me, more than anything else, is the phoniness that exists within--I'll even broaden it from "corporate world" to the phoniness within the business world. It's an element that was present in all stages of her job search. The career coach she found online was a living farce. Networking events she attended ended up being masked religious movements (this was incredibly interesting-I'd recommend reading the book for this account alone). The book examines not just the cheesy, but the downright bizarre philosophical and psychological movements within the business world. The writing is funny and charming, making it an enjoyable read. But despite the entertaining style, the subject matter is dark and disturbing. Part of this is due to the manipulation that Ehrenreich encounters, and part is due to the people she interacts with who are falling apart.