What happens when productivity rises, but workers don’t get more time back? Drawing on @julietschor.bsky.social’s decades of research, Steve Early and Suzanne Gordon examine the renewed push for a 32-hour work week—and the labor power it would take to make it widespread.

A 4-Day Work Week Sounds Great. How Do We Get One?

Workers deserve far more time off the job. But getting to a shorter work week will require a labor movement that can wield power to extract such demands.

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And finally, shouldn't decent housing be a human right? It is, in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Let's make it real. We've been waiting about 75 years. This one is great.

isaac@sevier.io · last wk.

Here's the proposal from @aldasky.bsky.social, Maddison Wells, and myself on how we can eliminate housing and energy insecurity immediately for millions of people while also driving deep residential decarbonization for the climate. It's win-win-win policy for people, planet, and faith in government.

A great proposal by @moira.bsky.social Birss about how to deal with the climate-induced insurance crisis. The latest from @gamechangerspolicy.bsky.social

Moira Birss@moira.bsky.social · 2w ago

Climate change-fueled disasters threaten the safety of our homes & insurance provides a financial safety net to help us recover. But current insurance systems are failing, leaving households high (& not dry). What can the federal government do? I've got a proposal: peri.umass.edu/publication/...

Curbing out of control militarism, and more...

Game Changers: Economic Policies for a Working America@gamechangerspolicy.bsky.social · last wk.

These proposals rethink public investment, national priorities, & tax policy. -De-Militarizing the Federal Budget & Recalibrating the Labor Market -A Smaller, Safer Military -International Tax Justice for a Democratic Economy -Funding the Future While Reducing Inequality 🌐 GameChangersPolicy.org

This group is on finance, a sector badly in need of reform.

Game Changers: Economic Policies for a Working America@gamechangerspolicy.bsky.social · last wk.

A more stable, equitable financial system: -No More Bailouts -End Financial Instability to Protect Household Income & Wealth -Reclaiming the Infrastructure of Money & Payments @tonantzin-tlc.bsky.social -Protecting Consumers & Our Financial System from Silicon Valley Fintechs -Public Banking

The final group of #GameChangersPolicy has dropped. Housing, finance, public investment, and more. We focus on how to change the rules of a rigged game. Check them out!

Game Changers: Economic Policies for a Working America@gamechangerspolicy.bsky.social · last wk.

What if we rewrote the rules of our economy to better serve people, communities, and the public interest? This week's Game Changers proposals explore bold ideas for Righting the Rules, from financial regulation and housing to public investment and tax policy. 🌐 GameChangersPolicy.org

"It was time... The platform calls for a thirty-two-hour workweek with no reduction in pay." That table of ideas they're all eating at was set by @julietschor.bsky.social. Worth a gander, when you've got the time.

Great new piece by sociologist Adia Harvey Wingfield in Forbes on the 4DW....if Forbes thinks it's coming... www.forbes.com/sites/adiaha...

Want Happier, More Productive Workers? Consider A Four Day Work Week

The five day, forty hour work week has been the norm for nearly a century. But new research shows there are advantages for companies that adopt a four day work week.

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More gamechangers! Shout out to Work&Labor team. Alexander Hertel-Fernandez' great work on Solidarity Insurance, Irene Tung&Paul Sonn on "Just Cause" Job Protections & Ellora Derenoncourt & @profsheenalives.bsky.social on raising wages. @gamechangerspolicy.bsky.social gamechangerspolicy.org

Game Changers: Economic Policies for a Working America

Game Changers presents policymakers with bold, new ideas to build a stronger, fairer, greener, and more inclusive economy for all Americans.

gamechangerspolicy.org

Could a four-day workweek become the new standard? Watch @julietschor.bsky.social explain why in her TED Talk, then explore her Game Changers proposal on how a shorter workweek could benefit workers, businesses, and the economy. 🎥 www.ted.com/talks/juliet... 📄 peri.umass.edu/publication/...

The case for a 4-day work week

The traditional approach to work needs a redesign, says economist Juliet Schor. She's leading four-day work week trials in countries like the US and Ireland, and the results so far have been overwhelm...

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The first set of Game Changers policies is live! These include the four day week, a proposal to raise wages through sectoral bargaining, robust support for child, elder and health care, and bold immigration reform. Game Changers go beyond the ideas you've already heard. peri.umass.edu/gamechangers/

Game Changers: Economic Policies for a Working America

Game Changers presents policymakers with bold, new ideas to build a stronger, fairer, greener, and more inclusive economy for all Americans.

peri.umass.edu

The first content from #GameChangersPolicy is live! Read our intro essay and watch our explainer video. Why we need radical new economy policy. How we got here. How we'll get to where we need to know. @arindube.bsky.social @tonantzin-tlc.bsky.social peri.umass.edu/gamechangers/

Game Changers: Economic Policies for a Working America

Game Changers presents policymakers with bold, new ideas to build a stronger, fairer, greener, and more inclusive economy for all Americans.

peri.umass.edu

Very excited to be part of this effort to change the game. Nine great teams reimagining what our economy could look like. Check it out. #GamgChangersPolicy

PERI Umass Amherst@periumass.bsky.social · last mo.

It's time to change the game. Bold, new policies to build a stronger, fairer, greener economy for all Americans. Watch trailer: Game Changers: Economic Policies for a Working America gamechangerspolicy.org via @periatumass #GameChangersPolicy peri.umass.edu/gamechangers/

Very excited to be part of this effort to change the game. Nine great teams reimagining what our economy could look like. Check it out. #GamgChangersPolicy

PERI Umass Amherst@periumass.bsky.social · last mo.

It's time to change the game. Bold, new policies to build a stronger, fairer, greener economy for all Americans. Watch trailer: Game Changers: Economic Policies for a Working America gamechangerspolicy.org via @periatumass #GameChangersPolicy peri.umass.edu/gamechangers/

So true re: CFCs. I wish people understood that. And that Dupont was far along developing viable alternatives.

The political economy around CFC's was no where near as strong or as politically connected. @julietschor.bsky.social talks about how the insidious influence of money and anti-government "free market" politics influenced economics and turned it into a weapon against action. youtu.be/yjC4eVLxo6I

ASA member Juliet B. Schor @julietschor.bsky.social @bostoncollege.bsky.social discusses her latest research, which shows the benefits to workers and employers of shaving one day off the workweek. @21st.show @ilpublicmedia.bsky.social

Enjoy the videos and music that you love, upload original content and share it all with friends, family and the world on YouTube.

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I know it's repetitious of me, but @julietschor.bsky.social did a series of videos on Climate and it's relationship to the field of Economics: youtu.be/AlFKMIfqaPE Pt 1 The Scope youtu.be/yjC4eVLxo6I Pt 2 The Political Economy youtu.be/nnEU3RVvsBM Pt 3 Planetary Boundaries youtu.be/eT0tp3OfF64 pt 4-

The Scope of the Climate Crisis - [ECO]NOMICS Part 1

YouTube video by New Economic Thinking

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"In the 26 seconds it takes economist @julietschor.bsky.social to walk down the aisle..." This reminded me that I heard JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon on NPR, subtly channeling Juliet and praising shorter work weeks for high quality of life. Space does not permit me to explain how he got there.

Yellow Dot Studios@yellowdotstudios.bsky.social · 4mo ago

In the 26 seconds it takes economist Juliet Schor to walk down the aisle... YOU NEED THIS | Now streaming | watch.grasshopperfilm.com/films/you-need-this

The gig economy promised flexibility. Did it deliver or just create new precarity? @julietschor.bsky.social brought decades of research to bear on this question in a fascinating lecture and discussion @Institute for Advanced Study. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZWW... www.instagram.com/p/DWY6rMDiXD...

Alondra Nelson@alondra.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Honored and delighted that Professor @julietschor.bsky.social will deliver the 2026 IAS Lecture on Public Policy: “Rethinking Platform Labor” on March 10, 2026. Curated by the School of Social Science. In-person with recording available afterward. Register: www.ias.edu/events/lectu...

I'm excited for the third No Kings Day. Based on the amount of activity I'm seeing, I expect it to be significantly bigger than the previous ones. Don't miss this historic day. Please join, even if you're not a usual protest-goer. The world needs you!

Indivisible ❌👑@indivisible.org · 5mo ago

No wars of aggression. No terrorizing our communities or yours. No tyrants, no conquests, no kings. Please join us on March 28 for the world-historic day of protest that this moment demands: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

Honored and delighted that Professor @julietschor.bsky.social will deliver the 2026 IAS Lecture on Public Policy: “Rethinking Platform Labor” on March 10, 2026. Curated by the School of Social Science. In-person with recording available afterward. Register: www.ias.edu/events/lectu...

And here's a paper featuring work from @giorgoskallis.bsky.social, @julietschor.bsky.social, @jasonhickel.bsky.social, and a bunch of other folks relating to the validity of our current economic models when pushing up against our planetary boundaries. bsky.app/profile/mich...

michael mezzatesta@michaelmezz.bsky.social · last yr.

here’s a link to the paper: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Exciting news! The incomparable @naomioreskes.bsky.social and Alexander Kaurov have started a substack called "Reckoning Science." We need this content more than ever. I've just subscribed--hope you will too. reckoningscience.org/launching-re...

Launching Reckoning Science

We believe in science and its achievements, but also in the need to examine how it is actually made, including its limits and its entanglements with politics, money, and power.

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ICE has been tracking the names of protesters in an internal database for several months, according to two ICE officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss operations.

ICE is cracking down on people who follow them in their cars

Becky Ringstrom was heading home after following federal immigration officers in her gray Kia SUV in suburban Minneapolis when she was suddenly boxed in by unmarked vehicles.

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Blue states need to pass laws that keep all Federal agents 10 miles away from any voting site or drop box or be subject to immediate arrest and incarceration until the voting is over.

🚨BREAKING: Steve Bannon said Tuesday that the federal government is planning to send Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to patrol polling stations during this year’s midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Steve Bannon says ICE will ‘surround the polls’ as Trump doubles down on taking over elections

Trump doubled down on his comments to nationalize voting Tuesday during an Oval Office press conference. “If you think about it, a state is an agent for the federal government in elections,” Trump sai...

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Church St., Burlington, VT 1/30/26

Portland, Maine www.pressherald.com/2026/01/30/l...

this is what’s happening everywhere they go in force ordinary people will not be cowed the same way elite society has been we are going to win

Rachel Maddow@maddow.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Portland, Maine www.pressherald.com/2026/01/30/l...

It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall. But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"