“ In 1982, labor unions in the Netherlands agreed to limit demands for higher pay in exchange for policies encouraging people to work less. Within a decade, the proportion of Dutch citizens working part-time soared from 19 percent to 27 percent, the average workweek fell from 30 to 27 hours, and unemployment had plummeted from 10 percent to 5 percent. (They called it “the Dutch miracle.”)”
Nothing Grows Forever | Mother Jones
A lot of good alternative thinking about economies in this article.
If productivy has risen so dramatically why are we still working so much? Call me a heretic, but there’s more life than my contribution to our national GDP.
Source: Mother Jones
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timhackbarth said:
And yet there you are…
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wanderlustandtethers said:
Agreed. I’m lucky to be doing fine on about 30 hours, knowing that there’s 10 more hours in the budget if I want them each week (maybe after the new year, maybe never).
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