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Plain English with Derek Thompson cover image

Who's Afraid of a Four-Day Work Week?

Plain English with Derek Thompson

CHAPTER

The Five-Day Workweek in America

American workers work more than almost any similarly rich country in the world, says David Frum. Americans were first to have a five-day week and started reducing hours after World War II. Employers had an incentive for long hours of work because they pay fewer health benefits if they didn't, he says. The second reason is that we ended up with weaker and more conservative unions," adds Frum.

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