>> We'd probably be better off overall with even less, like a 30-32 hr work week for most jobs. <<
That's true for some types of exhausting jobs, and anything that people do only for the money. Jobs that people enjoy, it's okay to work longer. I spend much of my writing wordsmithing because that's what I like.
>> (Assuming, of course, that the wages are adjusted so 30-32 hrs/week pays a living wage.) <<
True. Even working 60 or 80 hours a week, many people can't make a living wage.
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Date: 2014-07-25 08:53 am (UTC)That's true for some types of exhausting jobs, and anything that people do only for the money. Jobs that people enjoy, it's okay to work longer. I spend much of my writing wordsmithing because that's what I like.
>> (Assuming, of course, that the wages are adjusted so 30-32 hrs/week pays a living wage.) <<
True. Even working 60 or 80 hours a week, many people can't make a living wage.