Reading list

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A place to keep track of others’ writing on this subject, that resonates with me.


David Autor. “Good News: There’s a Labor Shortage,” New York Times, 9/5/21 (link).

Bea Boccalandro. “Burned Out? Don’t Quit,” Boston Globe, 9/5/21 (link).

Sarah Green Carmichael. “The Research Is Clear: Long Hours Backfire for People and for Companies,” Harvard Business Review, 8/19/15 (link).

Bryce Covert. “8 Hours a Day, 5 Days a Week Is Not Working for Us,” New York Times, 7/20/21 (link).

Jessica Grose. “Goodbye to the ‘Office Mom’,” New York Times, 9/3/21 (link).

Celeste Headlee. Do Nothing:  How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving. (Harmony, 2020).

Sarah Jaffe and Roge Karma, “The Case Against Loving Your Job,” The Ezra Klein Show, 11/19/21 (link).

James Suzman and Ezra Klein, ”Why Do We Work So Damn Much?,” The Ezra Klein Show, 6/29/21 (link).