Whatever happened to the 15-hour work week

Nicholas Crafts interviewed by Tim Phillips, 25 June 2021

John Maynard Keynes famously predicted that no one would need to work for more than three hours a day by 2030. How did he get it so wrong? Nick Crafts tells Tim Phillips that, in one way, Keynes has underestimated the change in our work-life balance.

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Topics:  Productivity and Innovation

Tags:  work-life balance, productivity, well-being, Keynes

Nicholas Crafts

Professor of Economics and Economic History at the University of Warwick and CEPR

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