Pedro Gomes will give a lecture in the National Museum lecture hall on 26 March 2026, 12.00-13.30:
Pedro Gomes
Four-Day Week: A Sin of Omission in Economics
In 1970, Paul Samuelson, a Nobel laureate and a foundational figure in modern economics, called the four-day week a “momentous social invention.” Why are today’s economists so skeptical about shortening the working week? In this talk, we’ll discuss the multiple effects by which the working hours would may affect companies, the economy, the retirement age and society.
Pedro Gomes s a professor of economics at Birkbeck Business School in London.
