In this video from the University of Maryland, meet Barbara Ehrenreich, social critic and essayist. Her book “Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America” described her attempt to live on low-wage jobs and was a national bestseller in the United States. Her recently released sequel, “Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream,” discusses her attempt to find a white-collar job. From 1991 to 1997, she was a regular columnist with Time magazine. Currently, Ms. Ehrenreich is a regular columnist with The Progressive. She has also written for the New York Times, Mother Jones, The Atlantic, Ms., The New Republic, Z Magazine, In These Times, Salon.com and other publications. From the Series:Policy Watch with Doug Besharov