# Why are we not working fewer hours?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-we-not-working-fewer-hours/982887>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 19, 2023, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-we-not-working-fewer-hours/982887 "2023-04-19T03:46:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-we-not-working-fewer-hours/982887/13 "2023-04-19T09:26:52Z")

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I asked the mods to consider where this thread lives. But while it’s here, the OP may be interested in:

[https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-perfectly-possible-to-live-like-people-did-in-the-50-s-and-60-s/](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-perfectly-possible-to-live-like-people-did-in-the-50-s-and-60-s/)

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