On Oct 22, 2013, at 3:45 PM, Gar Lipow <[email protected]> wrote: > That is the point. The 40 hour week is very close to the shortest time that > still leaves people exhausted. I don't know exactly where the line is, but I > suspect that any reduction susbstantially below that would be a qualitative > rather than quanitative change - as you say beginning to turn into freedom. > Of course we want as much as we can get, but I suspect that even a 35 hour > week might cross that line. A 30 hour week I'm almost certain would. Below > that - well great.
The average workweek is about 33-34 hours. That's per employed person. The average adult works 3-4 hours a day, and has 5 hours of leisure per day (half of it spent watching TV). The average employed person works about 5-6 hours a day. The average employed person with a child under 6 has 3-4 hours of leisure per day. I think this overwork thing may be overdone. http://bls.gov/news.release/archives/atus_06222012.htm Doug _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
