Original sentence: All else being equal, this will tend to result in lower real incomes and a lower standard of living than what could be had with a longer work week in the same society.If the work week is too short compared to that society's ideal, then the society suffers from underemployment of labor and human capital.In constrast, a work week that is too long will result in more material goods at the cost of stress-related health problems as well as a drought of leisure
Edited sentence: A shorter work week may also represent an increase in productivity, if for instance ingenuity and entrepreneurship result in greater products being created in shorter periods of time (the computer was heralded as a tool that would let workers produce twice as much in half the time, yet white collar work weeks since its advent have actually lengthened).Alternately, a workweek that is too long will result in stress-related health problems, on the large scale, as well as a drought of leisure.CEO salaries), rather than to workers.History thus far has demonstrated a cycle whereby the benefits derived from productivity increases revert to property and capital owners (i.If a standard of living is based on overall levels of contentedness and happiness in individuals, current social anthropology research indicates that income 'success' is much less important than income parity where measurable, long-term human happiness is concerned.If the work week is too short, from current Western perspectives this represents underemployment of labor and human capital.It is argued that this will tend to result in lower real incomes, and a lower standard of living