Re:Idle Hands Are the Dreamer's Tools
by ghostcluster on Saturday April 21, 2018 @10:45PM
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Tired of seeing this kind of meme: are we talking about the 19th century working conditions of an Upton Sinclair novel, or the 21st century developed nation, when it is often likely for a blue collar worker to struggle to get enough hours to total a 40 hour workweek.
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Re:Idle Hands Are the Dreamer's Tools
by ghostcluster on Sunday April 22, 2018 @07:03AM
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Average hours worked has gone down steadily over the last two centuries:
> 1830 69.1 hours per week
> 1880 60.7
> 1929 50.6
> 1988 42.4
> As the twentieth century ended there was nothing resembling a shorter hours “movement.” The length of the workweek continues to fall for most groups — but at a glacial pace. Some Americans complain about a lack of free time but the vast majority seem content with an average workweek of roughly forty hours — channeling almost all of their growing wages into higher incomes rather than increased leisure time.