Finding Time

Ambitious, fast-paced, fact-filled, and accessible. Science A compelling case for why achieving the right balance of time with our familiesis vital to the economic success and prosperity of our nation A must read. Maria Shriver From backyard barbecues to the blogosphere, working men and women across the country are raising the same worried question: How can I get ahead at my job while making sure my family doesnt suffer? A visionary economist who has looked at the numbers behind the personal stories, Heather Boushey argues that resolving the worklife conflict is as vital for us personally as it is essential economically. Finding Time offers ingenious ways to help us carve out the time we need, while showing businesses that more flexible policies can actually make them more productive. Supply and demand curves are suddenly sexy when Boushey uses them to prove that paid sick days, paid family leave, flexible work schedules, and affordable child care arent just cutesy womens issues for families to figure out on their own time and dime, but economic issues affecting the country at large. Vogue Boushey argues that better family-leave policies should not only improve the lives of struggling families but also boost workers productivity and reduce firms costs. The Economist