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Reinventing the workweek as energy prices soar
Friday, August 22 2008
With energy prices soaring, the economy slumping and global warming fears taking center stage, there is no end of innovative responses to this new world order. But today, hybrid cars, compact fluorescent lights and low-flow shower heads seem old school compared to the latest energy saving trend: the four-day work week.
Guest: Rex Facer, Assistant Professor of Public Finance and Management at Brigham Young University, and Chip Chesley, Director of the General Services Department for the city of Concord, New Hampshire.
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The show is a co-production of WNYC Radio and Public Radio International,
in collaboration with The BBC World Service, New York Times Radio and WGBH Boston.
