Archive Report
Archive Report
Fast Rise in Recreational Spending
Estimates as to Size of Booming Leisure Industry
Mass leisure is both a promise and problem in modern society. It is said that Americans are moving toward the carefree Polynesian pattern of life, devoting less and less of their lives to the workshop and more and more to the pursuit of pleasure. This line of thinking draws impressive support from statistical evidence compiled by government and business on hours worked, dollars earned and money spent. It is also said that Americans have no knack for the true enjoyment of leisure and fill their new-found free time in boredom or recreational consumerism. But if increased leisure is a mixed blessing in the eyes of social scientists and a cause of concern to ...