Minimum Wage When was the last time a "value" meal from McDonalds, let alone any other fast food chain, did not cost five dollars or more? When was the last time premium gas was under a dollar a gallon? It's hard to remember, isn't it? Wouldn't it be great if everything cost a nickel, like back in the good old days? In Nickel and Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich, explores the minimum wage and the trials one …showed first 75 words of 1236 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1236 total…goes up as well. Maybe if a control is put on the minimum wage, a "value" meal at McDonald's would cost under five dollars, and maybe premium gas would cost less than a dollar a gallon. The study, which Ehrenreich performed, is very interesting and informative. She went from having only one perspective on life, to having many. Nickel and Dimed, is a beneficial tool when analyzing the minimum wage and how it affects Americans.