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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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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this was a great book which described the conditions of the American worker and the value of time in our lives. It was written 20 years ago but the point is still the same today.
We must take time and give it the value it deserves in our lives and not equate time with money.
teacherdude
Jan 29, 2009
unusual and insightful perspective
This book provides an unusual perspective on the unexpected loss of leisure time in America. The focus is on how materialism of individuals and corporations has trumped leisure. She has insightful perspectives and facts about how life has changed with the advent of industrialzation, urbanization, two-income families, etc.
For example, she points out that if we were willing to live at the same comfortable material level we did in 1948, we would only have to work every other day, or four hours per day, or every other week, or every other year! She has the math to back this up too, unbelievable thought it sounds. This is due to increased efficiencies and productivity. Unfortunately, businesses and individuals have always chosen more money than time and are now slaves to a fast-paced, overworked, leisure-lacking, material lifestyle.
You won't find another perspective on leisure with this economic and social insight. The book encourages you re-evaluate the quality of your own life to ensure that you spend more time on leisure. After all, when retirees are interviewed about what changes they would make with hindsight, they almost all say that they would have spent less time at work and more time with their friends and family. Good advice for all of us, especially way, way before retirement.
