How Long to Read Capitalism and the Political Economy of Work Time

How Long Does it Take to Read Capitalism and the Political Economy of Work Time?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 17 minutes to read Capitalism and the Political Economy of Work Time by Christoph Hermann

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

John Maynard Keynes expected that around the year 2030 people would only work 15 hours a week. In the mid-1960s, Jean Fourastié still anticipated the introduction of the 30-hour week in the year 2000, when productivity would continue to grow at an established pace. Productivity growth slowed down somewhat in the 1970s and 1980s, but rebounded in the 1990s with the spread of new information and communication technologies. The knowledge economy, however, did not bring about a jobless future or a world without work, as some scholars had predicted. With few exceptions, work hours of full-time employees have hardly fallen in the advanced capitalist countries in the last three decades, while in a number of countries they have actually increased since the 1980s. This book takes the persistence of long work hours as starting point to investigate the relationship between capitalism and work time. It does so by discussing major theoretical schools and their explanations for the length and distribution of work hours, as well as tracing major changes in production and reproduction systems, and analyzing their consequences for work hours. Furthermore, this volume explores the struggle for shorter work hours, starting from the introduction of the ten-hour work day in the nineteenth century to the introduction of the 35-hour week in France and Germany at the end of the twentieth century. However, the book also shows how neoliberalism has eroded collective work time regulations and resulted in an increase and polarization of work hours since the 1980s. Finally, the book argues that shorter work hours not only means more free time for workers, but also reduces inequality and improves human and ecological sustainability.

How long is Capitalism and the Political Economy of Work Time?

Capitalism and the Political Economy of Work Time by Christoph Hermann is 308 pages long, and a total of 79,464 words.

This makes it 104% the length of the average book. It also has 97% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Capitalism and the Political Economy of Work Time Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 14 minutes to read Capitalism and the Political Economy of Work Time aloud.

What Reading Level is Capitalism and the Political Economy of Work Time?

Capitalism and the Political Economy of Work Time is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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