This week on Assorted Perspective, we’re just trying to be a little better off than Medieval peasants! 

Jackie and Anna talk about the work week, why does it have to be 40 hours? What our experiences have taught us, working from home, quiet quitting, and what did people work like before our time. 

Further reading: 

• Inventing the Future, Alex Williams, and Nick Srnicek 2015 Chapter 6. 
• Economic possibilities of our grandchildren: http://www.econ.yale.edu/smith/econ116a/keynes1.pdf)
• “Preindustrial Workers Worked Fewer Hours than Today’s.” n.d. Accessed May 5, 2023. https://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/rauch/worktime/hours_workweek.html.
• Schor, Juliet B. 1998. The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline of Leisure. Paperback ed., [9th pr.]. New York, NY: Basic Books.
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Sources are on the 9 to 5 blog post!

Theme Song by Sebastian Bracamontes

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