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'''Money-rich, time-poor''' is an expression which arose in [[UK|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. '''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 hours|flexible working]] arrangements.{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}}  The problem affects both salaried workers who work long hours even though they might be well compensated, and hourly low-wage workers who work long hours to earn more money.

Well-off pensioners and some [[ultra high-net-worth individual|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.

==In popular culture==
* The fantasy novel ''[[Momo (novel)|Momo]]'' by German author [[Michael Ende]] dealt with this issue, in regards of time and its use in the modern society.

==See also==
* [[Work–life balance]]
* [[Affluenza]]
* [[Slow movement (culture)|Slow movement]]

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