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by jacob2484 1776 days ago
Why 32? Why not 22? Why not 10? What's the reasoning here.
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A 4 day workweek (8 * 4 = 32) to distribute the last few decades of productivity gains [1] to the working class. Very similar to how unions were how the working class received a weekend [2]. Why would we not expand the weekend/time for leisure and other non work related time as productivity increases?

[1] https://economics.stackexchange.com/questions/15558/producti...

[2] https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/sep/09/viral-imag...

I doubt anyone is hung up on a specific number. The policy goal is to replace one day of labor with one day of consumption or leisure.
You're not wrong, just trying to add context and some evidence versus "have to start somewhere."