From Ross Gittins (my favourite economics journalist):
"Wish you had more days off? Well, you could have.
We could be working a 15-hour week, but we’ve chosen to take the money and the extra stuff rather than the extra leisure." #Australia #Economics #leisure #labour #consumerism #StandardOfLiving #RossGittins #society #productivity #work #WorkLifeBalance
12ft | Australian economy: Consumerism and social status keep our noses to the grindstone
https://12ft.io/proxy?&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.smh.com.au%2Fbusiness%2Fthe-economy%2Fwish-you-had-more-days-off-well-you-could-have-20230611-p5dfnm.html
#australia #economics #leisure #labour #consumerism #StandardOfLiving #rossgittins #society #productivity #work #worklifebalance
Living long enough to watch the United States become one of the most backwards among the developed nations of the world was not in my plans. But here I am. #ReproductiveRights #Healthcare #QualityOfLife #StandardOfLiving #SocialSafetyNet #Authoritarianism #ChristianNationalism
#ChristianNationalism #authoritarianism #SocialSafetyNet #StandardOfLiving #qualityoflife #healthcare #reproductiverights