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The Overworked American.

The Washington Monthly | January 1, 1992 | Copyright

The Overworked American. Juliet Schor. Basic, $23. To listen to the caged experts the television networks keep in inventory to explicate the truth, the only butt-hustling hard-chargers on the face of the planet are the Japanese. Americans are lectured on their softness, sloth, and indolence. But Harvard economist Juliet Schor doesn't think that sounds quite right. Her book confirms that, in America, the 40-hour work week is an institution that disappeared into history about the time those old-fashioned, tailfinned automobiles were being driven onto the used car lots. It is an…

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