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Economics

The Future of Work: Shorter Hours, Higher Pay

The latest entry in a special project in which business and labor leaders, social scientists, technology visionaries, activists, and journalists weigh in on the most consequential changes in the workplace.

Dorothy Sue Cobble

Economics

The United States Is Last Among Advanced Countries in Paid Vacations and Holidays

Private-sector workers in the U.S. receive 10 days of paid vacation per year on average—but none of them are guaranteed.

Martin Hart-Landsberg

Education

Why Do We Still Have Summer Vacation?

Forget the argument about a calendar built around an agrarian economy. It was urbanization that created summer as we know it—and now we can't imagine doing anything else.

Daniel Luzer