Could you live off of making less than $2.00 a day?

Nickel-and-Dimed:On (Not) Getting By in America- I found this piece interesting that Ehrenreich stopped living her life of wealth and money to see what it was like to live off of wages of most service jobs (about 6 or 7 dollars an hour). It was harder than she thought to even find a job, and when she did it did not pay a lot. Ehrenreich did not understand how people on welfare or single mothers can even survive. Ehrenreich completed her study and noted that the people she met were too nice, funny and caring to make such low wages. People in need to stand up for themselves and do something about it!
Pennies an Hour and No Way Up- "Two billion people in the world make less than two American dollars a day" (Hayden, 385) Could you live off of that? I know there is no way I could. After reading this piece I found it interesting what people in such places like Bangladesh and China earned as their wages. Female workers in Bangladesh made 1.6 cents for each cap they sewed. Is that fair? Chinese woman made as low as 12 cents an hour to make 80% of sport goods and toys sold in the US. Is that fair? Hayden and Kernaghan were right when they said something needs to be done to change these facts. The changes need to happen in the US itself!