Anthony D'Costa wrote: > Long hours is necessary for surplus generation. There is no short cut to it. It's a matter of throughput. < Apparently not. "Moscow passed additional labor laws in October 1940. ... The standard workday increased from seven to eight hours, and the work week increased from five of each six day period to six of each seven day period." (Walter S. Dunn, The Soviet economy and the Red Army, 1930-1945, Praeger, 1995, p. 41 per Google Books) Another source said the seven hour day had been introduced in the early 1930s. In other words, while the Soviet Union was industrializing at a rapid pace but not yet on war footing, their work week, converting to a seven-day calendar week, was 41 hours.
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