"A ‘normal’ working week of 21 hours could help to address a range of urgent, interlinked problems: overwork, unemployment, over-consumption, high carbon emissions, low well-being, entrenched inequalities, and the lack of time to live sustainably, to care for each other, and simply to enjoy life."
Source:
http://www.neweconomics.org/publications/entry/21-hours
It sounds like a nice idea, reduce the amount of time people work, improve mental and physical well-being of the populace and the knock-on financial effects...
But could it work? Are we too tied to the "protestant work ethic" and capitalism to make this work?
Thoughts?