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Author
Publisher
New York Review Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Collection of stories by Paul Lafargu including The Right to Be Lazy; A Capitalist Catechism; The Legend of Victor Hugo and Memories of Karl Marx. Paul Lafargue's masterpiece, The Right To Be Lazy, at once funny and serious, witty and profound, elegant and forceful, is a logical expansion of The Right to the Pursuit of Happiness announced by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence. It was not only extremely popular but also brought about...
Author
Publisher
Temple University Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Has the "American Dream" become an unrealistic utopian fantasy, or have we simply forgotten what we are working for? In his topical book, Free Time, Benjamin Kline Hunnicutt examines the way that progress, once defined as more of the good things in life as well as more free time to enjoy them, has come to be understood only as economic growth and more work, forevermore. Hunnicutt provides an incisive intellectual, cultural, and political history of...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Leadership, an imprint of HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Create your own schedule, maximize your leisure time, and work less while making more by following the revolutionary--yet realistic--four-day work week outlined in this groundbreaking book" -- Dust jacket.
Series
Publisher
Harvard Business Review Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"The amount of work placed on women is often insurmountable. Along with doing what's required for their jobs, women are frequently also asked to take on tasks that don't lead to growth or promotion, and to manage other forms of invisible labor at work and at home. All of this can leave women feeling underappreciated, frustrated, and burned out. We need to end the culture of overwork for women. From saying no to office housework to setting your own...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books, Hachette Book Groups
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Americans are overworked. After declining for a century through hard-fought labor movement victories, average annual work hours increased approximately 8 percent for all working adults from 1979 to 2016. In Worked Over, sociologist Jamie McCallum reveals how the battle over time on the job has been central to conflicts over capitalism from the beginning, how overwork is at the heart of the inequities and injustices in America's economy today, and...
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