In the 60s and 70s, the US population was promised 15-30 hour work weeks by now Reality is 60-80 hour work weeks, and for what? Work til you drop then die. >

In the 60s and 70s, the US population was promised 15-30 hour work weeks by now Reality is 60-80 hour work weeks, and for what? Work til you drop then die. > Technology is opening a new world of leisure time. One government report projects that by the year 2000, the United States will have a 30-hour work week and month-long vacations as the rule. > Those who hunger for time off from work may take heart from the forecast of political scientist Sebastian de Grazia that the average work week, by the year 2000, will average 31 hours, and perhaps as few as 21. Twenty years later, on-the-job hours may have dwindled to 26, or even 16. > “The work week and the work day will be drastically reduced,” said Gillis. “The majority of the people will be working less than 30 hours a week.” He didn’t predict just how the populace will adjust to the increased free time. > So tell your children not to be surprised if the year 2000 finds 35 or even a 20-hour work week fixed by law. The American worker is 400% more productive than in the 1950s, but works longer than ever, hasn't seen the fruits of that productivity. A high school graduate can't raise a family in a single income household on a 10 hour week, which given the productivity increase should have been possible.