Just the sound of it
With the idea of a four-day week sweeping the U.S., with the state of Utah and Connecticut municipalities considering four days as a way to save on energy use, many people are probably thinking how good that sounds for other reasons. Like extra days off, like long weekends every single week. Having once briefly worked such a shift, I can say you can get used to three days off in a hurry.
From another angle, is the four-day week about to become the norm for both those reasons, as a five-day week was in demand --- and finally institutued --- early in the 20th century. Before that, six, 12-hour days was not unusual. How does that sound?
As American productivity rises ever higher, it makes sense from a business owner's perspective too. Maybe. It would make even more sense if there were a national health insurance that eliminated businesses from the burden of providing that. In fact, if the next president would push through both a four-day week and national health insurance in his first 100 days, he'd be the next FDR overnight.