Nan Mooney

In the beginning the book grated on my nerves with people whining. But I decided to work myself through it any way because sometimes it's good to listen to an opposing viewpoint.

The book itself can be good reading if you are one of the many struggling middle class burdened with mounting debts and expectations of a supposed American typical middle class life and want to feel like other people share your pain. (sorry for long-ish sentence)

However, I'm not a proponent of more regulation and a bigger socialized government for a solutions. Lugging around debt from college ... then don't go. Having trouble with child care expense ... don't have a kid. Your mortgage is overwhelming you .. who put a gun to your head and told you to buy a house?

I liked the last chapter. Take more responsibility for your actions. But I'll build on the ideas.

Big business, government, institutions understand supply and demand - especially when it comes to money. If our money is no longer demanding their services, they'll change or die. Who is to say we can't change things on a large scale? Forty years ago, who would have thought someone would dethrone IBM, General Motors would be teetering on bankruptcy, and Woolworth's/Sears would falter to some company based in Arkansas? We, Americans, rebelled against the British Empire, knocked out Nazi Germany and won an idealogical war with USSR.

Surely, we have the power to make the changes for an affordable middle class life?… (plus d'informations)

Just completed this last night. It was an interesting book, it discussed ways that women screw over one another in work and professional situations. Numerous situations were analyzed containing different socioeconomic classes, races, ages, backgrounds, those that were the same. I guess I'm pretty fortunate that I haven't ran into many of these situations/issues in my professional career. It may be because I've adopted the policy that I'm there to do a job and not to make friends and that I prefer to keep my personal and professional lives separate. I did like the Madeline Albright quote "Frankly, I think there's a special place in hell for women who don't help other women." I don't think a woman should have any special advantages, she should just be treated like any other person, fairly and honestly. I liked her final chapter on what should be done, what we can do differently as a gender and a nation. After reading that Sweeden allows 96 weeks of maternity leave and the US only offers 12 weeks of federally subsidized child care, I'm ready to move to Sweeden.… (plus d'informations)