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January 10, 2016 05:47 am PST
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Why Americans can't stop working: the poor can't afford to, and the rich are enjoying themselves
Ever since Keynes's seminal 1930 paper Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren predicted that technological progress would virtually eliminate work by making labor much more productive, economists have puzzled over why Americans' working hours have gotten longer and longer, until they are some of the longest in the world. (more…)
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