Why the Cure for a Sluggish Economy Is Actually Longer Vacations

Re:Why the Cure for a Sluggish Economy Is Actually Longer Va... by briandear on Thursday November 12, 2015 @12:53PM (#10554771)

Have we not learned anything from France? That was the exact same argument made for the 35 hour workweek and it had no positive effect on unemployment rates. It's a ridiculous idea. We have unemployment chronically above 10% both with a 35 hour week and generous vacation and leave.

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Re:Why the Cure for a Sluggish Economy Is Actually Longer Va... by mikeyouse on Thursday November 12, 2015 @04:42PM (#10556352)

Would it surprise you to learn that France has a much higher employed proportion of their population than the US?

http://i.imgur.com/g9NA76s.png

An extra 5% of working age employment in the US would mean something like 7M more jobs.

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Re:Why the Cure for a Sluggish Economy Is Actually Longer Va... by vkou on Thursday November 12, 2015 @01:34PM (#10555127)

Would you have less unemployment with a 40 hour work week? An 80 hour work week?

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Re:Why the Cure for a Sluggish Economy Is Actually Longer Va... by marcosdumay on Thursday November 12, 2015 @02:00PM (#10555316)

I could imagine why that would be the case.

The more important question is, how are similar countries that didn't adopt the 35 hour week doing?

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