America's Vacation Deficit Disorder

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America's Vacation Deficit Disorder

Who Stole Your Vacation?

Society and culture: general Social and ethical issues

Author: William D. Chalmers

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Language: English

Published by: iUniverse

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 358 pages

ISBN: 9781475979558


Introduction

"It is no secret that America is the No Vacation Nation. Our vacations nowadays consist of nothing more than a few long weekends a year...when we’re not on staycations. Workplace stress and burnout in America are at all-time highs. That Americans are over-caffeinated and sleep deprived is not surprising given that our work-leisure balance is so severely lopsided. Depression is epidemic. Chalmers' estimates that these seemingly isolated, yet wholly interconnected cultural data points cost the U.S. economy a trillion dollars a year in lost productivity...and may be shortening the life spans of Americans too! But it wasn’t always like this in America...and it surely doesn’t have to be either.

About the Book

A stunningly well-researched book, offering readers an explanation of why Americans are suffering from an acute case of Vacation Deficit Disorder...and what the unintended consequences mean to every American couple, parents, families, workers, bosses, and our nation's economy. It explains clearly why Americans don’t travel...and why they really should! What really makes humans happy; and offers profound insight into how the lucky few Americans who do take vacations can enjoy them better and reap their life-enhancing benefits. And it passionately explains how all Americans would benefit from his 4% Solution prescription.

Purpose and Analysis

This book offers a compelling American-centric cultural narrative that explains in great detail and with erudite analysis just who stole our vacation.

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