Take back your time : fighting overwork and time poverty in America

<h3>Contents</h3> <pre> Preface................................................................................................vii Introduction...........................................................................................1 Part One: Overwork in America..........................................................................5 1 The (Even More) Overworked American Juliet Schor....................................................6 2 An Issue for Everybody Barbara Brandt...............................................................12 3 The Incredible Shrinking Vacation Joe Robinson......................................................20 4 Forced Overtime in the Land of the Free Lonnie Golden...............................................28 Part Two: Time is a Family Value.......................................................................37 5 Overscheduled Kids, Underconnected Families William Doherty and Barbara Carlson.....................38 6 Recapturing Childhood Betsy Taylor..................................................................46 7 What about Fluffy and Fido? Camilla H. Fox..........................................................52 Part Three: The Cost to Civil Society..................................................................57 8 Wasted Work, Wasted Time Jonathan Rowe..............................................................58 9 Time to be a Citizen Paul Loeb......................................................................66 10 Time and Crime Charles Reasons.....................................................................72 Part Four: Health Hazards..............................................................................77 11 An Hour a Day (Could Keep the Doctor Away) Suzanne Schweikert......................................78 12 The (Bigger) Picture of Health Stephen Bezruchka...................................................84 Part Five: Environmental Consequences..................................................................91 13 Haste Makes Waste David Wann.......................................................................92 14 The Speed Trap Robert Bernstein....................................................................100 15 On Time.............................................................................................Happiness Part Six: Historical and Cultural Perspectives.........................................................113 16 When We Had the Time Benjamin Hunnicutt............................................................114 17 Can America Learn from Shabbat? Rabbi Arthur Waskow................................................123 Part Seven: Taking Back Your Time......................................................................133 18 Enough—the Time Cost of Stuff Vicki Robin....................................................134 19 The Simple Solution Cecile Andrews.................................................................139 Part Eight: Workplace Solutions........................................................................145 20 Jobs to Share Carol Ostrom.........................................................................146 21 A New Bottom Line Irene Myers......................................................................Larry Gaffin, and Barbara Schramm 22 Working Retired Beverly Goldberg...................................................................160 23 A Case for Sabbaticals Bob Sessions and Lori Erickson..............................................167 24 America Needs a Break Karen Nussbaum, Christine Owens, and Carol Eickert...........................172 25 It Would be Good for Business Too Sharon Lobel.....................................................178 Part Nine: Rethinking Patterns of Culture..............................................................185 26 Recipes for Relief Anna Lappé.................................................................186 27 Time by Design Linda Breen Pierce..................................................................193 Part Ten: Changing Public Policy.......................................................................201 28 Europe's Work-Time Alternatives Anders Hayden......................................................202 29 A Policy Agenda for Taking Back Time Jerome Segal..................................................211 30 What's an Economy For? David Korten................................................................219 Appendices.............................................................................................227 A. Organizing Take Back Your Time Day in Your Community Sean Sheehan..................................228 B. Teach-Ins and Study Circles Cecile Andrews.........................................................237 C. How to Pitch (not Place) a Story Eric Brown........................................................243 References.............................................................................................249 Index..................................................................................................255 About the Authors......................................................................................265 Art Credits............................................................................................269 </pre>