This book explores the possibility of moving the standard US workweek from its current level of 40 hours per week in five days to a new level of 32 hours per week in four days. The five-day, 40-hour week has been the standard in the US since Henry Ford launched this timetable at his company in 1926. On the face of it, a reduction to 32 hours seems like a preposterous suggestion given the current structure of employment and incomes earned by those working 40-hour weeks. However, even just looking at actual work hours during the past 50 years or so demonstrates that people are working somewhat fewer hours than previously – implying that the four-day workweek would be the continuation of a trend rather than a radical departure ...
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