Growth: A Reckoning
Daniel Susskind (2024) Growth: A Reckoning. London: Allen Lane. pp. xix + 343. Over the past two centuries, economic growth has freed billions from poverty and made our lives far healthier and longer. As a result, the unfettered pursuit of growth defines economic life around the world. Yet this prosperity has come at an enormous price: […]
Origins of the 40-hour workweek
Tyler Smith In recent years, companies and legislators have begun exploring a four-day workweek, which, if adopted, would be the biggest change since the 40-hour workweek became the norm during the Great Depression. In July of 1933, the Roosevelt administration introduced the President’s Reemployment Agreement (PRA) to encourage work sharing with the goal of increasing employment overall. Price Fishback, Chris Vickers, […]