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Juilet Schor author and professor at Boston College discussed her books Born to Buy: The Commercialized Child and the New Culture, The Overworked American and The Overspent American. Ms. Schor also talked about what we as Americans are doing different from European countries, what makes us so much more over worked, and unwilling to take leisure time.
Ellen Galinsky the President and Co-Founder of Families and Work Institute was also on to talk about the National Study of Changing Workforce, a study of the U.S. workforce and how the trends affect the work-family balance.
Rich Sheridan from Menlo Innovations came on to discuss how the work week at his company differs from others.