Alissa Quart’s new book Squeezed: Why Our Families Can’t Afford America has been compared to Barbara Ehrenreich’s seminal work Nickled and Dimed. It offers an important account of the economic hardship of everyday Americans trying to afford housing, healthcare, and the soaring costs of raising children.
Today on the podcast, we feature Tuesday host Carousel Bayrd’s interview with Alissa Quart about what it means for families to “get by” in the new American economy—and what can be done about it.
