Why hasn't economic progress lowered work hours more? (2016) [video]

Re:Why hasn't economic progress lowered work hours more? (20... by Simon_says on Monday December 25, 2017 @02:50PM (#16005443)

Not quite. People don't get to choose work hours per week, but they can choose work hours per lifetime. I worked about 16,000 hours and retired.

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Re:Why hasn't economic progress lowered work hours more? (20... by tigershark on Tuesday December 26, 2017 @03:09AM (#16007681)

So are you saying that a Walmart employee can choose to work for 7 years and then retire? Hardly believable.

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Re:Why hasn't economic progress lowered work hours more? (20... by Simon_says on Tuesday December 26, 2017 @11:57AM (#16009413)

No, I'm saying I chose not to work for Walmart.

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Re:Why hasn't economic progress lowered work hours more? (20... by EKLM-ZK88 on Tuesday December 26, 2017 @04:19PM (#16011107)

There are a lot of people who dont get to make that decision, and they probably dont get to choose how many hours they work until retirement.

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