| Sumario: | Part of a special issue on busyness. The writers examine several philosophical issues relating to busyness in the context of U.S. national survey data relating to trends in time pressures and stress in the activities of Americans since 1965. They focus on the measurable amounts of free time that Americans have and on the exact activities carried out in that free time. They conclude that time spent in behaviors considered to be free time increased between the mid-1960s and the mid-1990s and suggest that, in the last decade, Americans seem to be appreciating and taking advantage of their free time, as indicated by the growing popularity of non-television free activities.
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