The Case for the 4-Day Work Week

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jul 19, 2021

Iceland just released the results of a four-year study of more than 2,500 employees in different fields whose work weeks were reduced by one day. Anne Helen Petersen, culture writer and the co-author of the forthcoming book Out of Office: The Big Problem and Bigger Promise of Working from Home,talks about the study's findings and whether shortening schedules could work in the United States.

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