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The Burden of Professional Work in the United States

Ostensibly about gender roles and the 50th anniversary of The Feminine Mystique, this NYT essay is, at its core, an indictment of boomer leadership, political institutions and corporations in 21st century America. During the 1920s, hours worked (for pay) in the U.S. had “stabilized at about 49 hours a week.”