1. Mike Leelman Faith Grunewald Chris Eisold Peter Fanod

2.  Agricultural Age: There is vague difference between work and leisure  Industrial Age: Factory timetable creates a clear difference between work time and leisure time.  Steady decline in average hours worked from 70 hours in the 1850 to about 40 hours in recent times.

3.  Essential business functions such as production, distribution, and finance are now movable because of globalizations  Production now follows lowest wages around the world.  The United States is now a service based economy.

4.  “Work to live not live to work”  Our generation will have about 4 careers in a lifetime.  People will more so relate to their leisure.  In developed countries the majority of people have the neccessities.  More work is now done in the pursuit of leisure

5.  Highly responsive.  “Sovereign Consumer”  Free from politics… mostly.  Market increases productivity

6.  Focused almost entirely on the affluent.  Can be fad based.  Supports overconsumption.  Fueled by profits, not overall good.

7.  Provides “singing, dancing, and sports” for everyone, not just the wealthy.  Manages resources for the long term.  Equitably allocates resources  Promotes societal good.

8.  Bureaucracy is slow.  Public Sector is far removed from the wants of society.

9.  Think about what you want to do with your money.  Put your “cash” under the sign of the activity or cause you prefer

10.  In traditional American fashion, we have the right to enjoy whatever leisure we want.  However, just like social welfare, the public sector (Government) is in place to ensure all people have access to socially beneficial activities.