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by Bertrand Russell (Author) "Like most of my generation, I was brought up on the saying: 'Satan finds some mischief still for idle hands to do.' ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Routledge; New edition edition (Jan 1994)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0415109248
  • ISBN-13: 978-0415109246
  • Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 13 x 1.5 cm
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5.0 out of 5 stars Lessons we'll never learn., 9 May 2002
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The kind of practical, eminently sensible writing to be expected from Russell. In the essay from which this book takes its name, Russell argues that universal adoption of a three day working week (which should be possible in virtue of the supposedly labour saving devices we continue to invent) would solve many of the problems of the world. Some time has passed since this book was written, but the valuable lessons of this, as of others of these essays, have yet to be learnt. A book well worth reading.
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