Juliet Schor
Juliet Schor (born 1955) is Professor of sociology at Boston College.[1] She had studied trends in working time, consumerism, the relationship between work and family, women's issues and Economic inequality.[2]
Academic career
She received her undergraduate degree from Wesleyan University and her Ph.D in economics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She taught at Harvard University for 17 years, in the Department of Economics and the Committee on Degrees in Women's Studies.
In 1977, Schor was one of several founders of South End Press.[2] Additionally, in 1979 she was a founding member of the Center for Popular Economics.[3]
In 2006 she was awarded the Leontief Prize by the Global Development and Environment Institute.
Currently, is Professor of sociology at Boston College and on the advisory board of the Center for a New American Dream.[1][4]
Personal life
She has two children who currently reside in Newton with her, Krishna and Sulakshana. Her husband, Prasannan Parthasarathi is also a professor at Boston College.
Thoughts
In an interview with Peter Shea 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.[2]
Publications
In 1992, Schor's book The Overworked American was a bestseller.[5]
Books:
- The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline of Leisure, Basic Books (1992)[5]
- The Overspent American: Why We Want What We Don't Need, (1999)
- Sustainable Economy for the 21st Century, (1999)[6]
- Born to Buy: The Commercialized Child and the New Consumer Culture, (2005)
- Plenitude: The New Economics of True Wealth, Penguin Press (2010)[2]
As co-editor or co-author:
- The Golden Age of Capitalism: Reinterpreting the Postwar Experience, (1992)
- Do Americans Shop too Much?, (2000)
- The Consumer Society Reader, (2000)
- Sustainable Planet: Solutions for the 21st Century, (2003)
Essays:
- Debating the Sharing Economy, Great Transition Initiative (2014)[1]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 "Juliet Schor". Great Transition Initiative. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 "Julie Schor". Institute for Advanced Study. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- ↑ "Reflections on popular-economics-an-interview-with Juliet Schor". Center for Popular Economics. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- ↑ "Advisory Board". Center for a New American Dream. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- 1 2 Stead, Deborah. "Prosperous Referents and 'The Overspent American'". New York Times. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- ↑ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/316492.A_Sustainable_Economy_for_the_21st_Century
External links
- julietschor.org
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Keeping up with the Gateses?
- Boston College faculty listing
- The Overworked American, excerpt
- Transcript of interview with Time.com about The Overspent American, May, 1998
- intelius.com information on Juliet Schor
- Juliet Schor in Seattle, book to on Plenitude - May 24, 2010