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Re:Why hasn't economic progress lowered work hours more? (20... by sametmax on Monday December 25, 2017 @10:27AM (#16004420)
Population increased also. And consumerism. And debt. And a lot of laws have been added.

But last year, 2 of my friends fire their 5 employees and started again, them alone. They made the calculation: there productivity ratio was better with only them 2, than with the 5 part time workers they had that they were paying full time + benefits. And their team was "good" in my book. Most teams I meet are not, and I travel from companies to companies all the time.

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Re:Why hasn't economic progress lowered work hours more? (20... by nnq on Monday December 25, 2017 @03:30PM (#16005568)
> Population increased also

If this were really the problem, it would be pretty easy to solve... (HINT: this isn't really the problem!)

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Re:Why hasn't economic progress lowered work hours more? (20... by geezerjay on Monday December 25, 2017 @07:02PM (#16006279)
> Population increased also. And consumerism. And debt. And a lot of laws have been added.

These factors are irrelevant when compared with the fact that the active population essentially doubled since WW2 with women entering the workforce.

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