Perhaps you've been a CEO too long and do not remember what it is like to be a worker with no time off for family responsibility, doctor's appointments or even an afternoon free to go vote.
What has all this grand GDP gotten us? The kind of higher standard of living that Americans enjoy often equates to being able to upgrade to a flat screen TV, to buy a second, third or fourth car. Our GDP is about excess, not about quality of life. And if the US economy begins to quiver with need for labor after a 4 day work week in introduced, perhaps use can be made of those millions unemployed and those looking for part-time work.
America used to be known for its innovation. Is modern capitalism a dead thing that should never evolve with the times? Such resistance to change met the reformist who argued for the existing 5 day work week. What you, Mr. Iskowitz, have lost sight of – is that an economy should serve its people and not simply perpetuate itself.
May 5, 2008 at 4:40pm by corky brown
Mr. Iskowitz,
Perhaps you've been a CEO too long and do not remember what it is like to be a worker with no time off for family responsibility, doctor's appointments or even an afternoon free to go vote.
What has all this grand GDP gotten us? The kind of higher standard of living that Americans enjoy often equates to being able to upgrade to a flat screen TV, to buy a second, third or fourth car. Our GDP is about excess, not about quality of life. And if the US economy begins to quiver with need for labor after a 4 day work week in introduced, perhaps use can be made of those millions unemployed and those looking for part-time work.
America used to be known for its innovation. Is modern capitalism a dead thing that should never evolve with the times? Such resistance to change met the reformist who argued for the existing 5 day work week. What you, Mr. Iskowitz, have lost sight of – is that an economy should serve its people and not simply perpetuate itself.