Here is a really neat look at a historical analogue: http://www.context.org/iclib/ic37/hunnicut/ http://www.context.org/iclib/ic37/hunnicut/ Kellogg at one po

Here is a really neat look at a historical analogue: http://www.context.org/iclib/ic37/hunnicut/ http://www.context.org/iclib/ic37/hunnicut/ Kellogg at one point realized they didn't need very many people-hours to produce their cereal, so they opted to move to 6 hour shifts 4 days a week. The point is that you don't have to cut jobs, you can cut hours. The side effect is that those workers have more time for their family and leisure activities. Since leisure is the basis of culture, such an arrangement would be helpful to society as a whole, even if the workers had to take an overall pay cut.