That's free enterprise, friends: freedom to gamble, freedom to lose. And the great thing - the truly democratic thing about it - is that you don't even have to be a player to lose. Barbara Ehrenreich democraticenterprisefree Change image and share on social
I became a student of the history of religion. I am fascinated by how religions often center on mystical experience, and in the Old Testament tradition you find flames, the burning bush. Barbara Ehrenreich burnbushcenter Change image and share on social
People tend to judge presidents on how the economy performs, and yet we don't expect them to have the power to do much about it. Or we don't want them to exercise that power, if they were to have it. Barbara Ehrenreich economyexerciseexpect Change image and share on social
We love television because television brings us a world in which television does not exist. Barbara Ehrenreich bringexistlove Change image and share on social
Employers have gone away from the idea that an employee is a long-term asset to the company, someone to be nurtured and developed, to a new notion that they are disposable. Barbara Ehrenreich assetcompanydevelop Change image and share on social
Personally, I can't see why it would be any less romantic to find a husband in a nice four-color catalogue than in the average downtown bar at happy hour. Barbara Ehrenreich averagebarcatalogue Change image and share on social
When I was born, my father was a copper miner in Butte, Montana. It was a hard-core, blue-collar situation. Barbara Ehrenreich bearbluebutte Change image and share on social
The secret of the truly successful, I believe, is that they learned very early in life how not to be busy. They saw through that adage, repeated to me so often in childhood, that anything worth doing is worth doing well. Barbara Ehrenreich adagebusychildhood share on social
Medical debts are the number-one cause of bankruptcy in America. Barbara Ehrenreich americabankruptcydebt Change image and share on social
Lenders, including major credit companies as well as payday lenders, have taken over the traditional role of the street-corner loan shark, charging the poor insanely high rates of interest. Barbara Ehrenreich chargecompanycorner Change image and share on social
