> If a 15 hour work week became mandatory, unemployment might drop, and wages for those limited hours would likely rise, but the overall size of the productive

> If a 15 hour work week became mandatory, unemployment might drop, and wages for those limited hours would likely rise, but the overall size of the productive economy would be horrifyingly reduced. Nope. It's 3 hours per day, per worker. And when I saw worker I mean the lowest paid salary in an economy. So if you wanna keep an shop open 24/7 you might want to employ more workers or pay the long hours. I get you are in the IT sector which pays above the lowest established salary. However, my reasoning above, was about whoever choses to do so. Today you don't get that choice, you're either up or down. I'm with, doesn't cut for me... But I reckon that a society which doesn't give that choice to the 90% of it's population will have to face some level of social unrest. So since, we have the technology, and work equals food, we need to at least make sure that people have food with a minimal effort. ps. Think about a mother with 2 children that needs only to round up the house income. Three hours per day is good, while the husband could work for more...