The Leisure Economy

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

By Linda Nazareth
John Wiley & Sons September 2007

Specifications

ISBN-13
9780470840344
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Publication
September 2007
Format
Hardback , 288 pages
Jurisdiction
International ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

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 demographics, economics and generational change, this book looks at how to stay ahead of the leisure economy and predicts who will be the winners and losers in the seismic shift ahead

Table of 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 Have 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.

About the Author

Linda Nazareth is an economist, author, and television journalist who since 1999 has been the in-house economist for Business News Network (BNN), Canada's only all-business television network.
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