This week has marked the start of a six-month UK trial of a four-day working week. Employees at around 70 businesses will receive 100% of their usual pay in return for just 80% of their usual hours. This concept is (of course!) hugely popular with the general public, and has been lapped up in the … Continue reading The trials and tribulations of a four-day week
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Can we solve the productivity puzzle?
Here's a schools presentation I gave on 14th October (to A-level economics students) on the UK's 'productivity puzzle', with bonus Q&A on the gig economy, a four-day working week, and the short- and long-term impacts of coronavirus... schools-presentation-on-productivity-october-2020Download
Plain-speaking Economics 