a Swedish economist named Staffan B. Linder coined the phrase "the harried leisure class." Linder argued that as people became wealthier they would inevitably feel more squeezed, because they would feel compelled to consume more and more goods per unit of free time. Linder envisioned his harried protagonist "drinking Brazilian coffee" while "smoking a Dutch cigar, sipping a French cognac, reading The New York Times, listening to a Brandenburg Concerto and entertaining his Swedish wife."
- No Time by Elizabeth Kolbert
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