The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline Of Leisure

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Basic Books, 2008 M08 5 - 272 páginas
This pathbreaking book explains why, contrary to all expectations, Americans are working harder than ever. Juliet Schor presents the astonishing news that over the past twenty years our working hours have increased by the equivalent of one month per year—a dramatic spurt that has hit everybody: men and women, professionals as well as low-paid workers. Why are we—unlike every other industrialized Western nation—repeatedly ”choosing” money over time? And what can we do to get off the treadmill?

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Crítica de los usuarios  - carterchristian1 - LibraryThing

This book now 20 years old seems especially timely in the current depression era that seems to have no end. In addition to the lack of leisure are the facts of unemployment and the well known now ... Leer comentario completo

THE OVERWORKED AMERICAN: The Unexpected Decline of Leisure

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News accounts of the last few years have depicted the evolution of the man in the gray flannel suit into the 80-hour-per- week yuppie, and of Superwoman into a bundle of frayed nerves who finds she ... Leer comentario completo

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Juliet Schor is associate professor of economics at Harvard University

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