"... On Jul 13, 2:31 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: ..."
> I see you chaps know little of Mediterranean crime. Already done. Until the EU gets it act together I find it hard to trust. If the Justice Dept and the IRS can squeeze Switzerland, I doubt they'd find any other nation over there much of a problem. > I want to think economically from the ground up, maybe to see if we'd be > better off with something like a 3-day week we all have to do with the > rest left as leisure or work we want to do. I'd be heavily in favor of a 3 day work week. It would create jobs for everyone. However the increase in wages would cause prices to rise sharply introducing inflation. But a good central bank's monetary policy could keep that under control. There'd also have to be something done to entice people to put their increased leisure time to good use rather than just sitting around getting into domestic disputes, becoming a buzzed out stoner or a wastrel with a bottle of cheap wine, or getting involved in criminal activity. I was just playing around there, but the concept of a 3 day work week has some very good potential if we can overcome the problems it would raise.
