Juliet Schor is a sociologist at Boston College, where she has focused her research on "trends in work and leisure, consumerism, the relationship between work and family, women's issues and economic justice". She recently weighed in on one of the big economic issues of the day at Big Think: unemployment. Schor argues that Americans need to work fewer hours. On the one hand, that might open up jobs for more people. On the social side of the equation, Schor argues that quality of life will rise, even as individual income declines:
Watch the full interview here.
Posted
07-12-2010 6:23 AM
by
Graham Griffith