In Praise of Downtime
Americans work more hours than any other group in the Western world, but we're not necessarily more productive. This has to change. More »
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Ellen Ruppel Shell is a professor and science journalist who teaches at Boston University. She is the author most recently of Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture. More
Americans work more hours than any other group in the Western world, but we're not necessarily more productive. This has to change. More »
Out of the ashes of automotive manufacturing, Dayton, Ohio, is hoping to "re-skill" its workforce with continuing technical education. More »
Low-carb diets are effective when they reduce your overall calorie intake. But loyalty to a diet for its own sake defeats the point. More »
A 25-year Swedish study suggests we refocus our dieting efforts on good, old-fashioned animal fat. More »
David Brooks writes that ivy grads are singularly focused on elite careers. But does any data back this up? More »
Sasu Laukkonen is trying to revolutionize a food culture that has long emphasized sour rye bread, root vegetables, and gruel. More »
The Food Network personality and food mogul said she has no plans to change her lifestyle or the way that she cooks. Who is she kidding? More »
Do young people increasingly believe that work -- or at least work for pay -- is not a source of meaning in their lives? More »
As a case from 18th century Britain shows, subsidizing the working poor with entitlements, makes it all but impossible for them to work their way out of poverty. More »
With jobs scarce, what's become of the concept of finding purpose in employment? More »
The New York Times Magazine returned to over-the-hill theories about sugar this weekend, but when it came to the risks of inactivity, it got things right More »
A shocking portrayal of the high cost of class ascendancy in industrialized China More »
Subsidizing the high cost of healthy eating would allow more people to make the right choices More »
Contrary to a New York Times article, there is little reliable data proving that ADHD has any effect on marriages More »
Americans are willing to do almost anything to prevent a repeat of the BP oil fiasco -- anything, it seems, but pay more at the pump More »
Food engineering has helped make chicken profitable, but it's immigrant labor that has kept cheap chicken possible More »
A new Web-based tool from MIT's Media Lab traces supply chains to reveal the terrifyingly high cost of all our stuff More »
Management consultant Charlie Barnhart deconstructs the myth of outsourcing as a silver bullet. More »
What it means to abstain from Blackberries, iPhones, laptops, Kindles -- even just for a few hours. More »
The food system hasn't changed all that much over the past decade, but the obesity problem has soared. What has changed is how much and how often most Americans move. More »
