《过度劳累的美国人》内容简介：工作时间剧增，休闲相应剧减似乎成为二战后美国人的普遍感受。《过度劳累的美国人》详尽地分析了这一趋势的经济、社会缘由以及它对家庭、社会带来的巨大危害。作为1992年全美畅销书之一，《过度劳累的美国人》具有以下特点：

从立论上讲，普遍认为资本主义导致生产力的提升，休闲自然而然会有所增加。既然如此，人们总是在赶时间就只能归咎于他们自己。《过度劳累的美国人》对这一逻辑提出质疑，指出资本主义劳动力市场机制、工作一消费的恶性循环等才是这一趋势的幕后推手。

从论证上讲，《过度劳累的美国人》将社会观察与经济理论完美地结合。论证严谨，数据充分，语言浅显易懂。

Juliet Schor is a Professor of sociology at Boston College. She studies trends in working time and leisure, consumerism, the relationship between work and family, women's issues and economic justice. She received her undergraduate degree from Wesleyan University and her Ph.D in economics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Before joining Boston College, she taught at Harvard University for 17 years, in the Department of Economics and the Committee on Degrees in Women's Studies. In 2006 she was awarded the Leontief Prize by the Global Development and Environment Institute. In the interview with Peter Shea (link below) she talks about her early intellectual formation, her critique of conventional economics, and her decision to write for an audience that includes the general public as well as her colleagues in the academy. She has two children who currently reside in Newton with her, Krishna and Sulakshana.