Juliet B. Schor is a Professor of Sociology at Boston College and Matina S. Horner Distinguished Visiting Professor 2014-15 at Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study in Harvard University. She co-founded the Center for the New American Dream and studies trends in working time, consumerism, work and family, women issues and economic justice. Her latest book is Plenitude: The New Economics of True Wealth (Penguin, 2010)

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The New Economics of Plenitude
Juliet B. Schor
Announcing In These Times’ New Agreement with the National Writers Union
Freelance contributors are essential to the quality and success of In These Times and independent media, and this agreement is one way to demonstrate their value to our publication and our commitment to transparency.
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Read the full agreement, which reaffirms a floor for the rates of our freelance editorial content, as well as our current rates (which are higher) and submissions guidelines below.