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The 15-Hour Work Week Was Standard For Nearly All of History. What Happened?
Episode April 8, 2021 38 min 3s

The 15-Hour Work Week Was Standard For Nearly All of History. What Happened?

From History Unplugged Podcast • History Unplugged
There’s nothing in human DNA that makes the 40-hour workweek a biological necessity. In fact, for much of human history, 15 hours of work a week was the standard, followed by leisure time with family and fellow tribe members, telling stories,...

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