> It's a real puzzle why the demand for a shorter work week has not caught on
> here in the US,
Ha. This is a country which can't even hack the metric system, let alone count Presidential ballots, and you want an accurate count of labor-time?
More seriously, the 30-year erosion of real wages has forced Bananamericans to work harder, and longer, for less, just to try to keep up with their ever-expanding debts.
-- Dennis