Skär ner arbetstiden till max 20 timmar per vecka

Cut the working week to a maximum of 20 hours, urge top economists | Society | The Observer: ”She argued that we need to think again about what constitutes economic success, and whether aiming to boost Britain’s GDP growth rate should be the government’s first priority: ”Are we just living to work, and working to earn, and earning to consume? There’s no evidence that if you have shorter working hours as the norm, you have a less successful economy: quite the reverse.” She cited Germany and the Netherlands.

Robert Skidelsky, the Keynesian economist, who has written a forthcoming book with his son, Edward, entitled How Much Is Enough?, argued that rapid technological change means that even when the downturn is over there will be fewer jobs to go around in the years ahead. ”The civilised answer should be work-sharing. The government should legislate a maximum working week.”

Tydligen inte bara Vänsterpartiet och undertecknad som uppmärksammar frågan om arbetstidsförkortning i dagarna. Hittar (med lite hjälp från vänner på Facebook) artikeln ovan. I den beskrivs hur the New Economist Foundation (NEF) argumenterar för detsamma. Och NEF nöjer sig inte med 6-timmars arbetsdag, de argumenterar för 20-timmars arbetsvecka. Gillar.

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Cut the working week to a maximum of 20 hours, urge top economists | Society | The Observer: ”She argued that we need to think again about what constitutes economic...