Juliet B. Schor
Auteur van The Overspent American: Why We Want What We Don't Need
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Juliet B. Schor is the award-winning author of The Overworked American and The Overspent American
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Werken van Juliet B. Schor
Economic Report of the People: An Alternative to the Economic Report of the President (1986) — Auteur — 11 exemplaren
Sustainable Lifestyles and the Quest for Plenitude: Case Studies of the New Economy (2014) — Redacteur — 7 exemplaren
The Golden Age of Capitalism: Reinterpreting the Postwar Experience (1990) — Redacteur; Medewerker — 5 exemplaren
Working in the 21st Century: Gender and Beyond (Dynamics of Gender in the Workplace) (1994) 1 exemplaar
Financial Openness and National Autonomy: Opportunities and Constraints (1992) — Redacteur — 1 exemplaar
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Economic Apartheid in America: A Primer on Economic Inequality and Insecurity (2000) — Voorwoord, sommige edities — 127 exemplaren
Take Back Your Time: Fighting Overwork and Time Poverty in America (2003) — Medewerker — 89 exemplaren
Ethics of Consumption: The Good Life, Justice, and Global Stewardship (Philosophy and the Global Context) (1997) — Medewerker — 16 exemplaren
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- Geboortedatum
- 1955
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Opleiding
- Wesleyan University
University of Massachuesetts (Ph.D) - Beroepen
- professor (sociology)
- Organisaties
- 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 (toon alle 9)
International Labour Organization
South End Press (co-founder)
Third Act (advisor) - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- 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 door 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.
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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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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See review of 'The Overspent American'.
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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