Time wealth, the four-day week, and the anti-hustle turn. Trials of shorter weeks spread; AI productivity raises the question of who keeps the hours saved.
Emerging Real but not yet at scale. The effects described are expected rather than observed. Largest effect expected 2024–2035.
Second-order effects
Leisure, care, and hobby industries gain hours; the commute economy shrinks further; employers compete on time as well as pay.
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Frictions it intensifies
These pressures get worse, or reach more people.
Solutions it accelerates
Solutions it threatens
Sectors it reshapes
How to track it
If this trend is real, these are the numbers that will show it first.