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As two-income families find themselves ever more time-poor, many look to outsource to cleaners, nannies, and care workers. More and more, it would seem, people are finding themselves without either the emotional or the financial resources to take care of themselves and each other. The home, rather than an escape from the work and its pressures, is in fact an extension of it. After Work is a crucial corrective to this trend, extending its attention beyond paid jobs to the impact of domestic work upon familial relationships, social bonds, and our conceptions of domestic space.

"How the Labor Dept. Keeps Its Economic Data Politics-Free" is from the October 03, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Patricia Cohen and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.