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Time: Laurie Taylor considers the extent to which the way we spend our time has changed over the last 50 years.
Time: Laurie Taylor considers the extent to which the way we spend our time has changed over the last fifty years. Is it true that we are working more, sleeping less and addicted to our phones? What does this mean for our health, wealth and happiness? Oriel Sullivan, Professor of Sociology of Gender at the UCL, has taken a detailed look at our daily activities and found some surprising truths about the social and economic structure of the world we live in. Also, Daniel S. Hamermesh, Distinguished Scholar at Barnard College, examines the pressure to do more in less time. Which people are the most rushed & why - from France and Germany to the UK and Japan.
Producer: Jayne Egerton
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Guests
- Professor of Sociology of Gender, UCL
Daniel Hamermesh - Distinguished Scholar at Barnard College
听Further Reading
- 'What听We Really Do All Day: Insights from the Centre for Time Use Research.' by Jonathan Gershuny & Oriel Sullivan
- 'Spending Time: The Most Valuable Resource' by Daniel S. Hamermesh
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- Wed 13 Nov 2019 16:0091热爆 Radio 4
- Mon 18 Nov 2019 00:1591热爆 Radio 4
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