Nickel and Dimed: Undercover in Low-Wage USA (28 page)

[46]
See, for example, chapter 7, “Conformity,” in David G. Myers, Social Psychology
(McGraw-Hill, 1987).

[47]
Fear of Falling: The Inner Life of the Middle Class (Pantheon, 1989).

[48]
“The Invisible Poor,” New York Times Magazine, March 19, 2000.

[49]
“Summer Work Is Out of Favor with the Young,” New York Times, June 18, 2000.

[50]
The National journal reports that the “good news” is that almost six million
people have left the welfare rolls since 1996, while the “rest of the story”
includes the problem that “these people sometimes don't have enough to eat”
(“Welfare Reform, Act 2,”June 24, 2000, pp. 1,978-93).

[51]
“Minnesota's Welfare Reform Proves a Winner,” Time, June 12, 2000.

[52]
Center for Law and Social Policy, “Update,” Washington, D.C., June 2000.

[53]
“Study: More Go Hungry since Welfare Reform,” Boston Herald, January 21, 2000;
“Charity Can't Feed All while Welfare Reforms Implemented,” Houston Chronicle,
January 10, 2000; “Hunger Grows as Food Banks Try to Keep Pace,” Atlanta Journal
and Constitution, November 26, 1999.

[54]
“Rise in Homeless Families Strains San Diego Aid,” Los Angeles Times, January
24, 2000.

[55]
“Hunger Problems Said to Be Getting Worse,” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, December
15, 1999.

[56]
Deborah Leff, the president and CEO of the hunger-relief organization America's
Second Harvest, quoted in the National journal, op. cit.; “Hunger Persists in
U.S. despite the Good Times,” Detroit News, June 15, 2000.

[57]
“A National Survey of American Attitudes toward Low-Wage Workers and Welfare
Reform,” Jobs for the Future, Boston, May 24, 2000.