Juliet Schor, a professor of Sociology at Boston College, is the author of several books. Her research over the last ten years has focused on issues pertaining to trends in work & leisure, consumerism, the relationship between work & family, women’s issues, and economic justice. Schor is beginning research on environmental sustainability and its relation to Americans’ lifestyles. She is also a board member and co-founder of the Center for a New American Dream.

Juliet B. Schor examines how marketing efforts of vast size, scope, and effectiveness have created “commercialized children.” Ads and their messages about sex, drugs, and food affect not just what children want to buy, but who they think they are. In this groundbreaking and crucial book, Schor looks at the consequences of the commercialization of childhood and provides guidelines for parents and teachers.
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A unique and definitive read on our “national passion” — buying stuff — and its consequences for American society, this landmark work of social criticism is sure to become the standard book on the subject.
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Juliet Schor breaks a taboo by exposing Americans’ shopping habits to moral society. Schor disapproves of unfettered private consumption, not only because we already use up so much, but also because overspending to bolster a sense of self does not lead to happiness.
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The Overspent American explores why so many of us feel materially dissatisfied, why we work staggeringly long hours and yet walk around with ever-present mental “wish lists” of things to buy or get, and why Americans save less than virtually anyone in the world. Unlike many experts, Schor does not blame consumers’ lack of self-discipline. Nor does she blame advertisers. Instead she analyzes the crisis of the American consumer in a culture where spending has become the ultimate social art.
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This pathbreaking book explains why, contrary to all expectations, Americans are working harder than ever. Juliet Schor presents the astonishing news that over the past twenty years our working hours have increased by the equivalent of one month per year. Why are we — unlike every other industrialized Western nation — repeatedly ”choosing” money over time? And what can we do to get off the treadmill?
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Americans today work more, earn less, and fret about the environment, health care, and poverty. In this book, Juliet Schor lays out an ambitious but realistic economic plan to increase leisure time, raise the minimum wage, change corporate culture, and promote social accountability.
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Sustainable Planet features some of the best known writers on sustainable living — Juliet Schor, Bill McKibben, Mary Pipher, Herman Daly, Vicki Robin, and William McDonough. Looking at issues as diverse as consumerism, overwork, lack of spirituality, loss of community, alienation from nature, and unsustainable development, the authors dissect the problems plaguing our society and offer practical advice about how to change the way we live.
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