The question of labor time he is fairly complicated.  An individual worker in an
individual job works fewer hours.  A household with two wage earners might work
more hours.  How we factor in commute times?  What about the workers holding two
or three jobs, while others can only find the single part time job?


Brad De Long wrote:

> Since John Stuart Mill wrote this, the average urban workyear in the
> industrial core appears to have fallen from around 3000 hours to somewhat
> less than 2000.
>
> Less heavy lifting too...

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