[lbo-talk] Why Is America So Violent?

[Gar Lipow]

On 5/12/07, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
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> On May 12, 2007, at 10:18 AM, Mr. WD wrote:
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> There was a thread about this a month or two ago - it's looking like
> the time crunch hypothesis is way overblown. Americans have quite a
> bit of leisure time - 4 or 5 hours a day. They just spend most of it
> watching TV.
>
> Doug

I'm really suspicious of this.  We spend more time per household on
paid work than before. We spend more time per household on commuting
to and from paid work than before. Those two facts are right there in
the same studies. So where is all this new leisure time coming from?