To prepare: consider the way one specific country of your choosing approaches the concepts of “downward mobility,” “second shift,” and “work and leisure balance”.
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Be sure to also consider the connection between student loan debts and overwork among educated individuals.
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Write an analysis of attitudes and challenges toward work across cultural contexts.
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Your analysis should include the following:
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Discuss why the U.S. workforce is potentially more susceptible to overworking. Provide specific references to support your conclusions.
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Discuss examples of what the identified country is doing differently than the United States to create the better work/leisure balance.
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Discuss why these strategies might not work in the United States.
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Recommend at least one societal change that could address the problem of “overwork” among the U.S. workforce.
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Recommend at least one societal change that could address racial disparities of debt burdens and attitudes toward higher education.
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