Reference :- Paul Murray laughed at the idea of a four day working week

Reference : -    Let down by stunningly inadequate research , Paul Murray , the well known workaholic who intends to participate in the workforce full time until he is 80 years old , misleads us about the craziness of discussing a four day working week .

How's it going Paul ?   Good luck with your plan to work long hours into old age . ( I assume, since you are telling the rest of us we must , that  you intend doing the same ).  But I reckon if that is your plan , it might be wise to shed some lard before your myocardium suffers an excess of infarcts . 

 Did anybody research this story for you Paul ?   I guess not , or you wouldn't have run it at all.     You see,  the countries in the OECD  with the best living standards,  the happiest citizens , the most wealth , and the least unemployment, tend to be the ones with the shortest working weeks  .  Big companies that moved to four day weeks , found that productivity increased , and profits rose , because staff who are less stressed do a better job .  They are also more faithful as employees , and contribute more to innovations that enhance efficiency .  

 Advances in technology have increased the total production of goods and services in the world to the highest level per capita in history .  If the benefits of this were shared more equally , the average person should be able to work fewer hours and still enjoy a better living standard .  That means less unemployment , less stress , less need for childcare , more time for  study , more time for cultural activities , happier workplaces and fewer cars full of debt slaves choking the toll roads every day , chain smoking while they contemplate the best way to kill themselves .  

 Why not do some research and run the story again ?   After you run a detailed cost /benefit analysis your opinion will be much changed . Unless , of course , you are just an overpaid hack chanting the war cries of your neoliberal masters .   My son , Ken junior , has been running his own four day week now for quite some time .   He wags school one day each week,  to stay home and bake his special herb cookies .   The teachers don't mind , because he puts in a big effort on the days he is there , always offers to clean the blackboards , and still gets top marks in most subjects , the smart little bugger.    Also , the teachers buy a fair share of his herb cookies each week, and he is making money faster than the CEO of my superannuation fund .

  Your  comrade , Ken