> Do you think productivity would increase? How are we planning on measuring productivity of our hypothetical worker, and what kind of job does she do? If she

> Do you think productivity would increase? How are we planning on measuring productivity of our hypothetical worker, and what kind of job does she do? If she's stacking supermarket shelves, or picking and packing in a warehouse, or repairing cars, or caring for the elderly, then I think most people would assume her weekly output is basically some fairly standard "unit output/hour" figure, multiplied by the hours she works in that week. If she works fewer hours, her output decreases. If she works more hours (subject to limits, and assuming breaks, weekends, and vacation), her output increases. Here on HN we don't seem to tend to think about (or hear from) people like her, though...