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Honestly I think such bills are an immediate answer to the problem of more of the workforce being automated. And at if we get to a point where technology has re
by pcthrowaway 3y ago
Honestly I think such bills are an immediate answer to the problem of more of the workforce being automated. And at if we get to a point where technology has reduced the need for labor by 50% they are almost inevitable. In such a scenario, mandating a 20-hour work-week for example would be a reasonable solution to what would otherwise turn into mass unemployment and poverty.
I don't think it's the best solution, but it's a decent one that requires less of a fundamental shift to society.
- tptacek 3y agoYou can say that a real policy to shift the economy to 4-day workweeks would be an answer to automation. But you can't reasonably say this policy is, because it doesn't do anything meaningful. It will give, for a period of some months, a ~10% pay raise to a fraction of US workers.