On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 6:28 PM, Eugene Coyle<[email protected]> wrote: > > People like the idea of cutting working time. It seems like a good idea in > multiple dimensions. But frequently heard is the objection "We can't do > that." But in the USA we have done it -- repeatedly. It always turns out > well. Hours go down, incomes go up. What's not to like? And of course > other countries have and are cutting working time. > > I've concluded some things. Growth must stop, and the only way to slow/stop > growth is to cut working time, sharply and repeatedly. And I've concluded > that I should not talk about growth but only about cutting working time.
For what it is worth, I would enthusiastically support cutting working time. A small step would be the restoration of the 40 hour work week to an economy where many put in significantly more hours than that. A bigger step might be the 30 hour work week. (The argument for that particular number: 4 day work week of basically 8 hour days, but come in an hour late the first day, and leave an hour early the last.) Obviously the real number is whatever you can build popular support around. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
