tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post2106192432183082302..comments2024-03-18T22:32:52.802-04:00Comments on Noahpinion: Thursday Roundup (2/9/2012)Noah Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09093917601641588575noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-48442023158659262072012-02-10T13:48:26.940-05:002012-02-10T13:48:26.940-05:00To Luke's point, you have to have a full time ...To Luke's point, you have to have a full time job to get benefits.<br /><br />Which induces employers to use a lot of part time labor.<br /><br />Which sort of puts leisure in a different light.<br /><br />Cheers!<br />JzBJazzbumpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07337490817307473659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-81249760652231377052012-02-10T00:54:55.566-05:002012-02-10T00:54:55.566-05:00On the smoothing of leisure, why do we not see mor...On the smoothing of leisure, why do we not see more variation in the length of the working day and week? Why not more good "part-time" jobs that pay well? Where is the market?Luke Leahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11290760894780619646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-10201006598464344112012-02-09T16:57:48.330-05:002012-02-09T16:57:48.330-05:00Unless you are at the absolute subsistence level, ...Unless you are at the absolute subsistence level, you have choices about consumption.<br /><br />Do you similarly have choices about leisure? Standard leisure increments are highly regulated by societal norms. <br /><br />Does it even make sense to think of leisure as a consumption good? <br /><br />There's a theory that civilizations were able to form due to the existence of grandmothers. Field work became too difficult, but they could still watch the kids and the hearth (or something like that) which freed young mothers to perform more value added labor.<br /><br />I can tell you that as a retired couple, my wife and I contribute a lot to our extended family, and mostly in ways that are outside the realm of measurable economic factors. Frex: driving kids to dance class so mom can work her part-time 2nd job.<br /><br />Trying to relate everything back to marginal utility might not be the best way to look at the real world.<br /><br />Cheers!<br />JzBJazzbumpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07337490817307473659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-17322498049354312652012-02-09T07:16:56.863-05:002012-02-09T07:16:56.863-05:00Thanks Noah. I thought it was one of my better pos...Thanks Noah. I thought it was one of my better posts, even though I don't really answer the question I asked.<br /><br />There must be thousands of articles written on consumption-smoothing, but I don't recall reading any on leisure-non-smoothing, which seems just as important. Which is weird.Nick Rowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04982579343160429422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-44982399939763459172012-02-09T03:00:51.359-05:002012-02-09T03:00:51.359-05:00Three legged race? What about MMT?Three legged race? What about MMT?reasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10958786975015285323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-64027200283860036352012-02-09T02:06:38.330-05:002012-02-09T02:06:38.330-05:00Well put wrt John Taylor & Tyler Cowen.Well put wrt John Taylor & Tyler Cowen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com