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> socialist movement, mass strikes and bloody revolution attempts, which in turn forced governments and capitalists to reduce the average labor time

The industrial capitalists also discovered that a 40-hour week increased weekly factory output.

Henry Ford instituted a 40 hour week (down from 48) to simultaneously improve productivity and increase the demand for transportation (to food, shopping, and leisure locations.)

He also raised wages in the hopes that workers would buy more cars and spend more to stimulate the economy - and demand for cars.