leisure | John Barleycorn

Liberal Education, the Wasting of Time, & Human Happiness ~ The Imaginative Conservative

Posted on November 25, 2018 by johnbarleycorn12

Human beings are not simply producers; they are also lovers of beauty and contemplators of truth. They are wasters of time. The liberally educated person has a rich inner life that allows him or her to waste time well… (essay by Tiffany Schubert)
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Markets, Not Unions, Gave us Leisure | Mises Institute

Posted on September 5, 2018 by johnbarleycorn12

The shorter work week is entirely a capitalist invention, writes Thomas DiLorenzo. As capital investment caused the marginal productivity of labor to increase over time, less labor was required to produce the same levels of output.
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