Time theft: exposing a subtle yet serious driver of socioeconomic inequality

Jason R. Pierce, Laura M. Giurge and Brad Aeon

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Abstract: Socioeconomic inequality is perpetuated and exacerbated by an overlooked yet serious epidemic of time theft: the act of causing others to lose their time without adequate cause, compensation, or consent. We explain why time theft goes unnoticed, how it drives socioeconomic inequality, and what businesses and policymakers can do to address it.

Keywords: time theft; social inequality; time poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 6 pages
Date: 2025-01-31
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Published in Business & Society, 31, January, 2025, 64(1), pp. 3 - 8. ISSN: 0007-6503

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