Economics

Extreme Work Cults, 15-Hour Weeks and Nordic CEO Vacation Habits

Photographer: Mikael Sjoberg/Bloomberg
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By about 2030, people will probably only work 15 hours a week.

It seems clear now that the famous prediction, made by John Maynard Keynes in 1930, is unlikely to come true. But the cult of excessive work may also have had its day.