[lbo-talk] Michael Yates in Daily News

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Mar 13 19:33:47 PDT 2007


<http://www.nydailynews.com/travel/ 2007/03/11/2007-03-11_know_it_all.html>

Seeing the real U.S.

If you're the kind of traveler who likes to know more about a place than just restaurants and landmarks, pick up Michael D. Yates' "Cheap Motels and a Hot Plate: An Economist's Travelogue" (Monthly Review Press, $15.95). The book, part travel guide and part cultural- economic commentary, chronicles Yates' post-retirement cross-country journey with his wife through 30 states, 25 national parks and monuments, cities, suburbs and small towns. Aside from sightseeing, the couple take on minimum-wage jobs and stay in cheap motels, giving the reader a first-hand look at the experiences of the working class in America, from immigrants and veterans to retirees.

- Nicole Carter



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