{"product_id":"running-on-empty-ben-h-9798180751812","title":"Running on Empty: Why Millions of American Workers Can't Get Ahead - No Matter How Hard They Try","description":"\u003cp\u003eMillions of Americans are doing everything right - showing up early, working late, picking up extra shifts - and still falling behind. \u003ci\u003eRunning on Empty\u003c\/i\u003e asks the question that too many people are afraid to say out loud: why isn't working hard enough anymore?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book takes an honest, data-driven look at the growing gap between what American workers earn and what it actually costs to live a basic, dignified life. Not a lavish one. Not a wealthy one. Just a normal one - rent paid, kids fed, lights on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough real stories from workers across the country, alongside research from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Federal Reserve, and the Economic Policy Institute, \u003ci\u003eRunning on Empty\u003c\/i\u003e traces how wages decoupled from productivity, how housing, healthcare, and childcare became unaffordable for working families, and how millions of Americans ended up juggling two and three jobs just to keep their heads above water.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis isn't a book about laziness or bad choices. It's about a system that changed the rules - quietly, over decades - while the people holding it together kept showing up anyway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you've ever felt like you're running as fast as you can and still losing ground, this book was written for you. And if you've never had to, it might change how you see the people who have.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRunning on Empty\u003c\/i\u003e is a call to see the working American clearly - not as a statistic, but as a neighbor. And to ask, together, whether we can do better.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ben H\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798180751812\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/09\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 36\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.07d","brand":"Ben H","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49173584118015,"sku":"9798180751812","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4cf2610b-839e-43cd-82e2-93840e45c8cf.jpg?v=1788955361","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/running-on-empty-ben-h-9798180751812","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}