Introduction "You can't always get what you want"--What we do when we're not working -- How much do we work? -- When do we work? -- Women and men -- Togetherness -- "The last of life, for which the first was made" -- The perennial issue and an old/new concern -- E pluribus unum?…
International comparison of trends and prospects in arrangement of working time - traces historical development in hours of work incl. The working day and week and work sharing; discusses overtime, shift work, paid leave, short time working, part time employment, Job Sharing, fl…
"A noted Dutch journalist and economist proposes an outline for a new worldwide Utopia, with central tenets including a shortened work week, a guaranteed basic income for all, wealth redistribution, and open borders everywhere"--
"Hunnicutt examines the way that progress, once defined as more of the good things in life as well as more free time to enjoy them, has come to be understood only as economic growth and more work, forevermore."--
"Workers in the United States are losing sleep. In the global economy a growing number of employees hold jobs—often more than one at once—with unpredictable hours. Even before the rise of the twenty-four-hour workplace, the relationship between sleep and industry was problematic…
"Is it possible that Americans have more free time than they did thirty years ago? While few may believe it, research based on careful records of how we actually spend our time shows that Americans have almost five hours more free time per week than in the 1960s. Here time-use e…
