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Karen Olsson
Karen Olsson is the author of three books, most recently The Weil Conjectures, and a longtime resident of Austin, Texas.
The Banality of Leisure
The leisure class is dead: According to a 1999 article in the New York Times, even the wealthiest of Manhattan trust fund twenty-somethings are seeking gainful employment (“The Rich Find It’s Uncool Not to Have a Job,” announced the bold type.) We are all doing our part ...