Why do we choose squeezing more in instead taking time off?

In the final episode of Time & Money: why we choose to squeeze more in over taking time off. I share how The Squeeze works, why work gets more intense over time, and some of the economic incentives that keep us from making different choices.

Resources:

• “Feeling The Squeeze? Why Your Business Feels So Tight” by Tara McMullin
• “Busy vs Squeezed: How To Tell The Difference & Why It Matters” by Tara McMullin
• “Economic Possibilities For Our Grandchildren” by John Maynard Keynes
• Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher
• Protestant Ethic & The Spirit Of Capitalism by Max Weber
• “When Time Is Money: Contested Rationalities of Time and Challenges to the Theory and Practice of Work” by Barbara Adam
• Can’t Even by Anne Helen Petersen
• Wintering by Katherine May

This episode is also available in essay form.