Time for Things: Labor, Leisure, and the Rise of Mass Consumption

Time for Things: Labor, Leisure, and the Rise of Mass Consumption
ISBN-10
0674979516
ISBN-13
9780674979512
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
368
Language
English
Published
2021-01-12
Author
Stephen D. Rosenberg

Description

Economists say there is a limit to what we gain by buying consumer goods. Americans say they want to work less. Yet we continue toiling away and use the proceeds to buy, buy, buy. Why? Stephen Rosenberg offers a novel theory, arguing that workers have learned to treat goods as stores of potential free time, legitimating endless wage work.

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