Four Day Work Weeks Are Sort of Happening

The NYT has a strange piece which treats the idea of a four day work week as a sort of alien concept that perhaps we will see in the 22nd century. It is bizarre because there has been a consistent shortening of the length of work years for well over a century. In Germany, France, and other northern European countries the average work year is between 1400 and 1500 hours. This is due to the fact that workers are now guaranteed 5 to 6 weeks a year of vacation, in addition to paid sick days and p...