Property News · January 2, 2016

'We only get one life, don't spend it all at work': in praise of the four-day week


Making Thursday the new Friday would make us healthier, create more jobs and boost the economy. The only downside is that Monday would still be Monday I love the bit in those 1970s nostalgia shows when we get to 1974. It’s always the same footage: slightly bedraggled people looking like they are wearing someone else’s trousers, cars that appear to have been imported from east Germany, a raucous soundtrack from Bowie and T Rex. Ted Heath standing in the middle of it all looking suddenly like a man from the wrong generation.And for more than two months, industry and commerce was forced to work a three-day week. No wonder Heath lost the election. Can you imagine what a three-day week would do to the current government? Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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