"Get the hell out of here!" — American cartoon (undated, ca. 1930) showing the '4 Hour Day' booting the devil of 'Depression' off a cliff.

Presumably published in one of the Industrial Workers of the World's newspapers.

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  • Tunnelvision [they/them]
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    9 months ago

    Honestly I would have to assume psychological considering limiting the workday to 4 hours legitimately slows down productivity.

    • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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      9 months ago

      I think the idea here is another shift would cover the other 4 hours which would relieve unployment.

    • Vampire [any]
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      9 months ago

      Was the word even used in a psychological sense in 1930? I'll research...

      PS: Freud wrote Mourning and Melancholia in 1917, so it wasn't called 'depression' then.

    • AOCapitulator [they/them, she/her]
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      9 months ago

      But it would allow you to hire more workers and lower unemployment and raise consumption, which is what the economy actually is

      Probably would have helped a lot