Name Juliet Schor | Role Professor | |
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Education University of Massachusetts Amherst (1982), Wesleyan University Awards Guggenheim Fellowship for Social Sciences, US & Canada Organizations founded Center for a New American Dream Books Overworked American, Plenitude: The New Economic, The Overspent American, Born to Buy: The Commerc, True Wealth: How and | ||
City club presents juliet schor
Juliet Schor (born 1955) is Professor of sociology at Boston College. She has studied trends in working time, consumerism, the relationship between work and family, women's issues and Economic inequality.
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- City club presents juliet schor
- The new economics 101 juliet schor at the summit in boone nc
- Academic career
- Personal life
- Thoughts
- Publications
- References
The new economics 101 juliet schor at the summit in boone nc
Academic career
She received her undergraduate degree from Wesleyan University and her Ph.D in economics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She taught at Harvard University for 17 years, in the Department of Economics and the Committee on Degrees in Women's Studies.
In 1977, Schor was one of several founders of South End Press. Additionally, in 1979 she was a founding member of the Center for Popular Economics.
In 2006 she was awarded the Leontief Prize by the Global Development and Environment Institute.
Currently, Schor is Professor of sociology at Boston College and on the advisory board of the Center for a New American Dream.
Personal life
She has two children who currently reside in Newton with her, Krishna and Sulakshana. Her husband, Prasannan Parthasarathi is also a professor at Boston College.
Thoughts
In an interview with Peter Shea she talks about her early intellectual formation, her critique of conventional economics, and her decision to write for an audience that includes the general public as well as her colleagues in the academy.
Publications
In 1992, Schor's book The Overworked American was a bestseller.
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