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having a leisurely work environment.

Juliet B. Schor • True Wealth: How and Why Millions of Americans Are Creating a Time-Rich,Ecologically Light,Small-Scale, High-Satisfaction Economy

Aspirational class leisure, whether reading the Economist, listening to NPR, or taking a yoga class, is imbued with knowledge and productivity in the same spirit as work.

Elizabeth Currid-Halkett • The Sum of Small Things: A Theory of the Aspirational Class

and production

Juliet B. Schor • True Wealth: How and Why Millions of Americans Are Creating a Time-Rich,Ecologically Light,Small-Scale, High-Satisfaction Economy

The basic logic was always that the lower down in the building you lived, the more spacious and expensive your accommodation was, and the higher up in the building, the cheaper, pokier and more dangerous, with no facilities for cooking or washing and no means of escape in the (frequent) event of a fire.

Mary Beard • SPQR

When we note the degree to which our society is not, and never has been, “all middle class,” we implicitly assume that it can and should be. That assumption reflects a historical experience more unusual than is sometimes understood.

Jenna Silber Storey • Why We Are Restless: On the Modern Quest for Contentment (New Forum Books Book 65)

While there are some overt relationships between economic development professionals and the worlds of reality TV and online influencers, the reason all three professions have started to look the same is that they share a common goal: to provide a convincing story about authenticity to an increasingly cynical and savvy audience whose attention is di

David A. Banks • The City Authentic: How the Attention Economy Builds Urban America

The difference in inflection is no small matter. In an increasingly wealthy and educated society where the overwhelming majority of people have concerns about food, clothing, and shelter pretty well covered, culture takes on more and more meaning as the medium through which we articulate our identities, dreams, fears, aspirations, and values. Littl... See more

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Since the boom of finance-driven salaries catapulted the “working rich” to the top of the income ladder in the 1990s, there has emerged an inverse relationship between leisure and earnings, such that elites now have less leisure time than their poorer, less-educated counterparts.

Ashley Mears • Very Important People: Status and Beauty in the Global Party Circuit

This promise that there is a “hometown” for every kind of person suggests a very intimate kind of power. Zukin again: Our tastes as consumers—tastes for lattes and organic food, as well as for green spaces, boutiques, and farmers’ markets—now define the city, as they also define us. These tastes are reflected in the media’s language and images, fro