Time prosperity

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Time prosperity is a concept of economics and social sciences that is linked to the individually experienced time and with which “one's own time” is emphasized as a special resource . The concept is not clearly defined and the lack of such clarity is sometimes emphasized as a distinctive feature.

In part, the concept of time prosperity stands for an immaterial prosperity that is based on a resource that is closely linked to lifetime and comprises several dimensions. The following dimensions in particular are considered: the extent of “one's own time” (abundance of time , for example in the form of free time , leisure ), self-determination over time ( time sovereignty ), the subjective quality of the time spent (uncompromised time, wellbeing ) and involvement in Time institutions (such as weekends and public holidays as time together, educational leave). In this interpretation, time prosperity can be measured by linking several indicators, whereby the type of link is not specified.

In part, the concept of time prosperity is used in the sense of a hierarchy of values ​​(“primacy of people's time needs over the demands of the economy”).

context

The concept of time prosperity was introduced in the 1980s by the political scientist Jürgen Rinderspacher and further spread in the 1990s by the economist Gerhard Scherhorn , who particularly emphasized the competitive relationship between (material) prosperity and (immaterial) time prosperity. Scherhorn also suggested that material prosperity , time prosperity and spatial prosperity should be viewed as equal goals.

Lack of time , as the opposite of prosperity, particularly refers to the lack of available time.

Robert E. Goodin, author of Discretionary Time , sets next to the material subsistence minimum (quantified by the shopping cart ) a temporal subsistence minimum (necessary time). “Necessary time” is the sum of the time required for gainful employment that is necessary to cross the poverty threshold and for housework and family work, including personal care; the counterpart to this is the remaining time as a free time ( discretionary time ), which he regards as an indicator of prosperity.

application

Politics and Political Science

In modern family policy , “time prosperity for families ” is often mentioned as one of the desired values. With the term, in particular, aspects such as time sovereignty, enough free time and family time together (also: quality time ) as well as a compatibility of family and work are summarized in a positive connotation term. Accordingly, the term is often used as a catchphrase for a policy geared towards the needs of families.

In the sense of an ecologically sustainable policy, the consideration of time prosperity is emphasized as a form of (immaterial) prosperity that goes hand in hand with comparatively low consumption of natural resources.

Economy

In the economy , barter deals , especially in relation to gainful employment , play an essential role as the exchange of time wealth for material wealth and vice versa.

In the sense of an expanded prosperity model, time prosperity is to be viewed as a separate goal in addition to material prosperity, which - like the goals of health, a clean environment, personal safety and wholesome living space - plays a role as soon as the primary material needs are met.

The British economist Richard Layard found that people tended to show less envy of time prosperity (in the sense of a longer vacation) than of goods prosperity.

human Resource

The concept is also used within employment. In this context, the discussion of the 1970s about the humanization of the world of work is also summarized retrospectively . This also includes the approach of a life phase-oriented working time .

See also

literature

Literature used (selection)
  • Jürgen P. Rinderspacher: Society without time. Individual use of time and social organization of work. Campus, Frankfurt am Main / New York 1985.
  • M. Held: Sustainable Natural Capital: Economics and Sustainable Development. Campus Verlag, 2001, ISBN 3-593-36746-7 .
  • JP Rinderspacher (ed.): Time prosperity. A concept for a different wealth of the nation. edition Sigma, Berlin 2002.
  • JP Rinderspacher: Time prosperity in the modern age. (No. P00-502). Series of publications by the cross-sectional group Work & Ecology at the President of the Berlin Science Center for Social Research. EconStor, 2000
further reading
  • Jürgen P. Rinderspacher: Wealth of time - criteria for a different standard of quality of life. In: WISO. No. 1/2012, pp. 11-26.
  • H. Rosa , N. Paech , F. Habermann, F. Haug , F. Wittmann , L. Kirschenmann: Zeitwohlstand. How we work differently, operate sustainably and live better. Concept work New Economy (ed.). oekom, 2014, ISBN 978-3-86581-476-0 . (www.zeitwohlstand.info: PDF; 1.3 MB ).
  • U. Mückenberger : Time Wealth and Time Policy. Time abstraction considerations. Time Wealth: A Concept for Another Wealth of the Nation. sigma edition, Berlin 2002, pp. 117-141.
  • P. Wotschack: Time prosperity as a problem of social inequality. In: JP Rinderspacher (Ed.): Zeitwohlstand. A concept for a different wealth of the nation. edition sigma, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-89404-899-9 , pp. 143-163.
  • M. Garhammer: Working hours and time prosperity in an international comparison - a key question for the quality of life in Europe. In: WSI-Mitteilungen. 4, 2001, pp. 231-241.
  • A. Schlote : Time enough! Ways to personal time prosperity. Beltz, 2000, ISBN 3-407-36365-6 .
  • LA Reisch: Prosperity of goods and prosperity of time - On the economy and ecology of time. In: Sabine Hofmeister, Meike Spitzner (Ed.): Zeitlandschaften. Perspectives of eco-social time policy. Stuttgart / Leipzig 1999, pp. 131–157.
  • Jürgen P. Rinderspacher: Wealth of time and time sovereignty - opposing concepts or two sides of the same coin? In: M. Heitkötter, K. Jurczyk, A. Lange, U. Meier-Gräwe (Eds.): Time for Relationships? Time and time politics for families. Budrich, Opladen 2009, pp. 373-400.
  • G. Scherhorn : Prosperity of goods versus prosperity of time - On the incompatibility of the material and the immaterial concept of productivity. In: Bernd Biervert, Martin Held (Hrsg.): Time in the economy: Perspectives for theory formation. Campus, Frankfurt am Main / New York 1995, ISBN 3-593-35311-3 , pp. 147-168.

Web links

  • Glossary of time , keywords "flexibilization", "right to your own time", "time institutions", "time conflicts", "time prosperity" (PDF file; 418 kB)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jürgen P. Rinderspacher: Time prosperity in the modern age. Publication series of the cross-sectional group Work & Ecology at the President of the Social Research Center Berlin (No. P00-502). EconStor , 2000, abstract
  2. ↑ Jürgen P. Rinderspacher: Time prosperity - criteria for a different standard of quality of life. P. 7.
  3. ↑ Martin Held: Sustainable natural capital: Economics and sustainable development. Campus Verlag, 2001, ISBN 3-593-36746-7 , pp. 207 ff. (Books.google.com)
  4. ↑ Martin Held: Sustainable natural capital: Economics and sustainable development. Campus Verlag, 2001, ISBN 3-593-36746-7 , p. 222. (books.google.com)
  5. ^ Ajit Zacharias: The measurement of time and income poverty. EconStor , 2011, p. 6 ff.
  6. ↑ Ulrich Mückenberger, Katja Marjanen: Quality of life through time politics: how time conflicts can be resolved. edition sigma, 2012, ISBN 978-3-8360-8742-1 , pp. 99-100. (books.google.com)
  7. ↑ Glossary of times , keyword "Zeitwohlstand", p. 27. (PDF file; 418 kB)
  8. ^ Enzensberger, 1996. Quoted from: Martin Held: Sustainable natural capital: Economics and sustainable development. Campus Verlag, 2001, ISBN 3-593-36746-7 , p. 222. (books.google.com)
  9. ↑ Martin Held: Sustainable natural capital: Economics and sustainable development. Campus Verlag, 2001, ISBN 3-593-36746-7 , p. 212 ff. (Books.google.com)