My aspiration for the country—and I believe we can achieve it—is 4 percent growth as far as the eye can see,” he said. “Which means we have to be a lot more productive, workforce participation has to rise from its all-time modern lows. It means that people need to work longer hours and, through their…
This essay was presented at AltExpo #19 at Liberty Forum 2015. Audio should be coming in the next few days. Introduction My name is Nick Ford and I do a lot of things even though I profess to be a slacker and a lazy good-for-nothing. One of those things is a blog called AbolishWork.com. Some…
(Nick’s Notes: This post was originally written in June 2014 but was never published and that was part of the reason why I stopped working on this individual blog at C4SS. I’m perfectly happy just doing op-eds, features and book reviews anyhow. I think that’s enough work for me! Plus, this is my own individual blog and…
In a society based around institutions that seemingly love to wake us up way too early (schools and prisons are two comparative and worthwhile mentions as well) it shouldn’t surprise anyone that work makes us do the same. Of course, the CDC statistics aren’t actually cited, are hard to find and when you finally find…
Recently, Richard Branson has made the “startling” claim that he wants everyone to have unlimited vacations. At first glance it seems like any and all anti-work advocate should be behind this but let’s take a closer look. First off, on that ABC link there’s a piece about Branson himself and at one point he says…