You could be wealthier than you think. Have you heard of “time affluence?” According to economist/sociologist Juliet Schor, many of us are giving up “the good life” in our quest for material possessions. Symbols of success, instead of enriching our lives, create stress. Americans are working longer hours and taking on debt to keep up with the Joneses and reproduce a lifestyle we’ve been told “makes life worth living.” Schor thinks there’s a better way. She calls it “plenitude,” and it’s…
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This morning we’ve made the first episode of the new Conversation Earth weekly radio series available to stations around the world, free, on the Public Radio Exchange. We’ll share each week’s episode as a podcast, right here, a few days after radio stations get the show. I know you hate to wait another week, so Lynsey (co-producer extraordinaire) put together a very brief sampler, just to give you a taste of bright ideas to come. You can listen to it…