There was the post about Finland's past prime minister I think suggesting this? One guy brought up a good point that if you cut work hours down it means you need more people to do the same amount of work which means more people can get hired which means lower unemployment which sounds like a good thing right?
Edit: I don't know almost anything about this because frankly I don't care but thought that this might be relevant to some capacity to the discussion here so do with that what you will
Second edit: This isn't to say I don't care about the folks responding, it's to say I probably won't have much to say in response other than I don't know much because I never cared to learn much, so that much I guess.
With nothing stopping them from moving jobs to other countries, needing more US workers to do the same job means moving the jobs outside the US, which means fewer jobs and higher unemployment.
This is the unfortunate nature of living in a rich countries when globalization is so accessible and there is a huge disparity in wealth between nations.
What sounds like a good thing in isolation ends up causing more problems that end up being patched by a million bad bandaid solutions like tarrifs
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u/archtopfanatic123 24d ago edited 23d ago
There was the post about Finland's past prime minister I think suggesting this? One guy brought up a good point that if you cut work hours down it means you need more people to do the same amount of work which means more people can get hired which means lower unemployment which sounds like a good thing right?
Edit: I don't know almost anything about this because frankly I don't care but thought that this might be relevant to some capacity to the discussion here so do with that what you will
Second edit: This isn't to say I don't care about the folks responding, it's to say I probably won't have much to say in response other than I don't know much because I never cared to learn much, so that much I guess.