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something unusual. he gave workers a two-day weekend, egged on by unions and enabled by production line economies of scale. eventually, this became standard. john maynard kaines predicted that technology would make us so efficient, his grandchildren s generation would only clock in 15 hours a week. that was clearly an overshot. but the british economist robert s skidelski told bloomberg that judging by historical trends, people should be working an average of 33 hours per week today. they re closer to 40 hours in britain, and a 2014 gallup poll showed full-time workers in the u.s. work even more hours each week. but some companies are now bucking this trend. the uk-based insurance sales company, simply business, told the guardian, it would pilot a four-day workweek for some of its 500 employees beginning in september. the new zealand based estate management company, perpetual