Mainstream thinking advances the idea that mass unemployment is the inevitable consequence of unfettered gains in productivity. Therefore, the only option left is to share in the insecure odd jobs that remain. But what if one were to question the length of the basic working week?
Mass unemployment sets in and a slight recovery will not suffice to drive it down. According to the French economic watchdog, the Observatoire Français des Conjonctures Economiques (OFCE), the unemployment rate (...)
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