Should America have a 32-hour workweek?

Should America have a 32-hour workweek?

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) proposes to shorten America’s standard workweek to 32 hours, with overtime at 8+ hours a day and double time at 12 hours. What would the pros & cons be… and would you want it for your company?

Also, a number of mostly Republican-led states have been advancing bills to relax child labor laws. I’ll have a quick update on where those efforts stand.

And Pi Day celebrates that famous mathematical constant, but America has a constant problem with math. It’s serious enough that the Pentagon calls it a threat to national security.


0:00-Intro/Chat

3:53-Sanders 32-hour workweek bill

42:04-Visit nightlightjoshua.com

43:15-Workweek bill, pt. 2

51:29-Update on child labor laws

1:06:09-Pi Day

1:33:49-Thanks for listening!

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