Informazioni generali

Data di nascita: 1955
Sesso: female
Nazionalità: USA
Istruzione: Wesleyan University
University of Massachuesetts (Ph.D)
Attività lavorative: professor (sociology)
Organizzazioni: Better Future Project (climate activist organization|chair)
Boston College (professor of sociology)
Center for a New American Dream (co-founder)
Center for Popular Economics (co-founder)
Economic Policy Institute
Harvard University (mostra tutto 9)
International Labour Organization
South End Press (co-founder)
Third Act (advisor)
Premi e riconoscimenti: Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1995-1996)
Maurer-Stump Award (1994|Reading-Berks Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America)
George Orwell Award for Distinguished Contributions to Honesty and Clarity in Public Language (1998|National Council of Teachers of English)

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Plenitude: The New Economics of True Wealth di Juliet B. Schor

Worth the read, but I wouldn't buy it. Get it from the library. I essentially agree with the author's ideas, but the book is very lacking in details about how to put Plenitude into action. Her description of the Business As Usual system, it's history and workings, might be the most useful analysis in the book.

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bloftin2 | 1 altra recensione | May 4, 2023 |

The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline Of… di Juliet Schor

The Overworked American is a well-researched, but dense economic history of the our struggle with the tradeoff between time and money. What really makes this book shine is the data in the latter chapters of the book that discuss the implications of the recent research that shows the broad preference for Americans to receive more free time rather than more money as part of their compensation rise. I also found her framing of the conflict between the labor movement of the early 20th century and businesses of that time in terms of leisure time to be interesting. Finally, her indictment of American materialism contains some gems.

This book is quite dated, which was not a problem, except that now I'm fascinated to understand how the incredible rise in income inequality during the 00s and the American cognitive surplus interplay with the trends that Dr. Schor discusses. It shouldn't be long until a second edition would be warranted.
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BrentN | 2 altre recensioni | Jan 7, 2023 |

After the Gig: How the Sharing Economy Got Hijacked… di Juliet B. Schor

See review of 'The Overspent American'.

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mykl-s | Dec 17, 2022 |

The Overspent American: Why We Want What We… di Juliet B. Schor

Here, twenty some years later, I'm rereading my notes about Schor's very interesting ideas, especially those about what kind of economy would result if we began consuming less. I must have read this book of sociology and economics some time around the turn of the century, and liked it enough to save those notes. The process has made me want to follow her websites and find her other books.

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mykl-s | 4 altre recensioni | Jun 20, 2022 |

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