Economics class: Get ready for the four-day working week

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Specification:

• Aggregate Supply, Supply Side Policy, Output Gaps, Labour Market Issues 

Click to read the article below and then answer the questions:

Get ready for the four-day working week

• Explain why a four day working week will boost productivity

• Using an AD / AS diagram, show the impact of rising productivity

• Evaluate whether improvements to the supply side of the economy always have desirable economic consequences

John Greenwood, Bromley High School for Girls

Economics class: Get ready for the four-day working week
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