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Politics

Rich Western countries face a stark choice: 6-day workweeks or more immigration, top economist warns

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December 15, 2025
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Success

‘Godfather of AI’ says Bill Gates and Elon Musk are right about the future of work—but he predicts mass unemployment is on its way

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December 4, 2025
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As Tokyo embraces a 4-day workweek to fight ‘death by overwork,’ Japan’s new prime minister just called a 3 a.m. meeting

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November 17, 2025
Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan Chase, speaks at the American Business Forum at the Kaseya Center in Miami on November 6, 2025.
AI

Jamie Dimon predicts AI will shorten the workweek: ‘My guess is the developed world will be working three and a half days a week’

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November 6, 2025
Zoom CEO Eric Yuan
Success

Zoom’s CEO agrees with Bill Gates, Jensen Huang, and Jamie Dimon: A 3-day workweek is coming soon thanks to AI

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September 15, 2025
Jensen Huang
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says AI will ‘probably’ bring 4-day work weeks: ‘Every industrial revolution leads to some change in social behavior’

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August 29, 2025
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Success

Forget 40 hours: The Dutch get their work done in just 32 hours a week—and women made it possible

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August 28, 2025
Demis Hassabis, chief executive officer of Google DeepMind
Success

Top Google exec says AI will rival humans in just 5 years and predicts we’ll ‘colonize the galaxy’ in 2030—but he draws the line at robot nurses

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June 6, 2025
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Success

Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary blasts the 4-day week as the ‘stupidest idea’ because the digital economy means we’re always working

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June 6, 2025
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Leadership

Bank CEO running 4-day workweek says cutting working hours isn’t ‘progressive’, and AI will make it ‘bloody logical’

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June 3, 2025
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Success

Bill Gates says a 2-day work week is coming in just 10 years, thanks to AI replacing humans ‘for most things’

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March 27, 2025
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Success

Japanese companies are stealing talented Gen Z out of college, paying off their student debt, and subsidizing their housing to combat the country’s aging workforce

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January 7, 2025
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Newsletters

Tokyo’s making a huge bet on the 4-day workweek and it’s about more than just flexible scheduling

By Azure Gilman and Emma Burleigh
December 10, 2024
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Success

A tech company saw blockbuster results from U.K.’s first medical trial of a 4-day workweek. Yet, it’s ditching the model for one key reason

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December 6, 2024
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Success

Hundreds of German workers on a 4-day workweek trial got better sleep, more exercise, and felt less stress than their 5-day peers

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November 5, 2024

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