the.com/time poverty
rich in options, bankrupt in the one currency that actually spends them.
means the state of having too little discretionary time to rest, plan, or live well, regardless of how much money you have.
from coined by economists studying unpaid labor and working-poor households in the 1970s-90s, later widened by researchers like Daniel Hamermesh to describe overscheduled professionals too.
hits women moreunpaid caregiving skews time poverty heavily female worldwide.
money cant fixhigh earners report it despite six-figure salaries.
health costlinked to worse sleep, diet, and stress markers.
measured directlyeconomists track it via time-use diaries, not surveys alone.