Take back your time fighting overwork and time poverty in America

Summary: The typical American worker puts in nine weeks more on the job than his or her European counterpart. The costs of this overwork are enormous, both personally and societally. This bracing collection of essays is both a wide-ranging analysis of the phenomenon and a blueprint for change. With contributions by such notable names as Vicki Robin, author of Your Money or Your Life, and David Korten, author of When Corporations Rule the World, this book shows what ordinary citizens can do to restore balance to themselves and their communities. Take Back Your Time is the official handbook for Take Back Your Time Day, a national event rallying support for reclaiming a proper work-life balance.

Record details

ISBN: 9781605096384
ISBN: 1605096385
ISBN: 9781609943974
ISBN: 160994397X
ISBN: 9781605096315
ISBN: 1605096318
ISBN: 1576752453
ISBN: 9781576752456
ISBN: 1283268663
ISBN: 9781283268660
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (xiv, 270 p.) : ill.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: San Francisco, CA : Berrett-Koehler, c2003.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-253) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The (even more) overworked American / Juliet Schor -- Issue for everybody / Barbara Brandt -- Incredible shrinking vacation / Joe Robinson -- Forced overtime in the land of the free / Lonnie Golden -- Overscheduled kids, underconnected families / William Doherty and Barbara Carlson -- Recapturing childhood / Betsy Taylor -- What about Fluffy and Fido? / Camilla H. Fox -- Wasted work, wasted time / Jonathan Rowe -- Time to be a citizen / Paul Loeb -- Time and crime / Charles Reasons -- An hour a day (could keep the doctor away) / Suzanne Schweikert.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.