Overtime Av Will Stronge, Kyle Lewis

<b>Work isn’t working</b><br><br>As precarity and low pay become further embedded in the job market, at a time when work-related stress and exhaustion are endemic, it is clear that a new, radical approach to employment is required. <br><br>Many industries already face existential threats from automation, climate breakdown, a crisis of care, and an ageing population. In <i>Overtime</i>, Kyle Lewis and Will Stronge identify a powerful and practicable response to these worrying trends: the shorter working week.<br><br>This urgent and timely book shows what a shorter working week means in the context of capitalist economies and delves into the history of this idea as well as its political implications. Drawing on a range of political and economic thinkers, Lewis and Stronge argue that a shorter working week could build a more just and equitable society, one based on collective freedom and human potential, providing scope for the many to achieve a happier, more fulfilling life.