Increasingly Americans are giving up more and more of their time to the market. The market, which is supposed to be a tool, has grown into a hungry being that needs to be tended, groomed, and assuaged.

We talk about job creation and economic growth in terms of living to work, rather than working to live. Can't make ends meet? Work harder. Shouldn't our focus on job creation be about more than just a means to enable our increased consumption?



Juliet Schor

Juliet Schor is Professor of Sociology at Boston College. Schor's research over the last ten years has focused on issues pertaining to trends in work and leisure, consumerism, the relationship between work and family, women's issues, and economic justice. Her latest book, Plenitude: The New Economics of True Wealth, offers a groundbreaking statement about the economics and sociology of ecological decline, suggesting a radical change in how we think about consumer goods, value, and ways to live.