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Is 'Workism' to Blame for the Falling Birthrate?

Is 'Workism' to Blame for the Falling Birthrate?

Episode 2823 Published 17 hours ago
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Anna Louie Sussman, New York Times contributing opinion writer and author of Inconceivable: The Impossibility of Family in an Age of Uncertainty talks about her new book that explores, through analysis and personal stories, the reasons for the falling birthrate, especially the effect of "workism," where jobs went from a career to a calling.

Photo: Nicole Coomber, a Phd management professor at the University of Maryland, returns home after retrieving her two young children from school and daycare, on March, 26, 2015 in Washington, DC. (Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images)


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