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August 17: Finding Time for American Families

Heather Boushey’s Finding Time: The Economics of Work-Life Conflict is a study of changing patterns of work in America and the pressures that longer hours place on families and individuals. Boushey dedicated the book to “all those too busy to read this book, in the hope that it reaches those with the power to find and return our lost time.” Having just been named chief economist for Hillary Clinton’s transition planning team, Boushey’s own access to that power seems on the rise. That’s good news for American families. Boushey’s work both in Finding Time and as Executive Director and Chief Economist at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth is about taking work-fami…