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Would a four-day week improve productivity and reduce inequality?

Geoff Riley

4th April 2019

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The New Economic Foundation's Aidan Harper argues here that we should be looking at the possibility of introducing a four-day working week, not just for its mental health benefits, but for its impact on the gender pay gap and current levels of income inequality. It's an interesting read.

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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