Overworked American
Subtitle: The Unexpected Decline of Leisure
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: February 1993
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780465054343
First sentence: In the last twenty years the amount of time Americans have spent at their jobs has risen steadily.
Description: This pathbreaking book explains why, contrary to all expectations, Americans are working harder than ever. The author presents the astonishing news that over the past twenty years our working hours have increased by the equivalent of one month per year, a dramatic spurt that has hit everybody: men and women, professionals as well as low paid workers. Why are we, unlike every other industrialized Western nation, repeatedly choosing money over time? And what can we do to get off the treadmill?