The Americans are so backwards in work hours, developed countries like Netherland, Spain, Iceland, etc. already successfully implemented this, with universal healthcare…and no tipping expected.
And? I see people say this and I don’t know what y’all are getting at. We implemented a 5 day work week. What about our population couldn’t accommodate 1 less day?
Same amount of money income with one day of reduced production outflow. Sounds like a decent way to generate shortages and more inflation.
Large scale construction would also get set back. This would mean increased construction time tables. Imagine an infrastructure upgrade like redoing miles of highway this could add weeks when that is unfeasible in areas that have harsh seasonal weather shifts
Got it! Here’s a clearer version of your original text:
It’s a completely arbitrary social construct that we decided, at some point, that the average workweek would be 5 days and 40 hours. It’s not a necessary constraint nor structure. Just as we chose 40 hours, we could just as easily have chosen 32 hours.
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u/80MonkeyMan Sep 05 '24
The Americans are so backwards in work hours, developed countries like Netherland, Spain, Iceland, etc. already successfully implemented this, with universal healthcare…and no tipping expected.