Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Money-rich, time-poor is an expression which arose in Britain at the end of the 20th century to describe groups of people who, whilst having a high disposable income through well-paid employment, have relatively little leisure time as a result.The phrase is still in use. Time poverty has also been coined as a noun for the phenomenon.Many people accept time poverty as a necessary condition of employment; others have sought to solve the problem through downshifting or through adoption of flexible working arrangements.Being time-poor is increasingly the only way to stay out of poverty as wages have remained stagnant or been cut as the price of living expenses have risen. High-paying roles have the longest hours, around 80 and more hours a week while low-paying jobs often less than 35 hours a week so low-earners have to work more than two jobs simultaneously in order to pay for living expenses.Well-off pensioners and some super-rich people are not affected by this as they do not have to work for a living and often do not due to large assets or passive income streams paying the same as a well-paid job.Increasingly, overworked people turn to the Internet as a tool to maximize the recreational utility they can get out of scarce leisure time.\"Time poverty\" is not restricted to the wealthy, but can occur at all levels of society."@en }
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- Money-rich,_time-poor abstract "Money-rich, time-poor is an expression which arose in Britain at the end of the 20th century to describe groups of people who, whilst having a high disposable income through well-paid employment, have relatively little leisure time as a result.The phrase is still in use. Time poverty has also been coined as a noun for the phenomenon.Many people accept time poverty as a necessary condition of employment; others have sought to solve the problem through downshifting or through adoption of flexible working arrangements.Being time-poor is increasingly the only way to stay out of poverty as wages have remained stagnant or been cut as the price of living expenses have risen. High-paying roles have the longest hours, around 80 and more hours a week while low-paying jobs often less than 35 hours a week so low-earners have to work more than two jobs simultaneously in order to pay for living expenses.Well-off pensioners and some super-rich people are not affected by this as they do not have to work for a living and often do not due to large assets or passive income streams paying the same as a well-paid job.Increasingly, overworked people turn to the Internet as a tool to maximize the recreational utility they can get out of scarce leisure time.\"Time poverty\" is not restricted to the wealthy, but can occur at all levels of society.".