What if… we worked less?

Aidan Harper writes for New Internationalist

By Aidan Harper

26 July 2019

Aidan Harper wrote an article made the case for a new politics of time in an article for New Internationalist:

“For the majority of people in Western societies the very model of working time we use is perhaps the greatest obstacle to freedom on a day-to-day basis.”

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Campaigns Shorter working week

Topics Work & pay

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