The Leisure Economy : How Changing Demographics, Economics, and Generational Attitudes Will Reshape Our Lives and Our Industries


Linda. Nazareth
Bok Engelsk 2008 · Electronic books.
Utgitt
Hoboken : : Wiley, , 2008.
Omfang
1 online resource (252 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.. - Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: A European Life; Chapter 1: The Color-Coded Refrigerator; Chapter 2: Economic Progress and Leisure Ruin; Chapter 3: Time Off for Good Behavior; Chapter 4: In Praise of Slacking; Chapter 5: The New Haves and Have-Nots; Chapter 6: Welcome Back, Fido; Chapter 7: Time to Change the World; Chapter 8: Mapping the Leisure Economy; Chapter 9: Spending Time and Spending Money; Chapter 10: Profiting or Losing from the Leisure Economy; Index. - For the past three decades, we have been steadily creating an extreme 'time-crunch economy' that has affected jobs, portfolios, businesses and lives. But the 'time-crunch economy' is turning into 'the leisure economy' and it will mean wrenching adjustments for our lives and institutions. Everyone from consumers, investors, businesses, and policy-makers will need to understand the changes afoot. The Leisure Economy posits profound economic changes in North America due to both the retirement of the baby boomers and the attitudes of ascendant generations X and Y. Looking at trends in dem
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