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When Stalin Killed the Weekend - A Happiness Lab/Cautionary Tales Crossover

When Stalin Killed the Weekend - A Happiness Lab/Cautionary Tales Crossover

The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos vor 2 Jahren

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Time off work is vital for your happiness. So what would you do
if you couldn't take the same rest day as your family and
friends? Would you quit your job? What if it was the murderous
dictator Stalin giving you the order?

The Soviet Union wanted its factories to run every day, so
workers were stopped from taking the same day off - killing the
weekend as we know it. In a crossover between The Happiness Lab
and Cautionary Tales, Dr Laurie Santos and Tim Harford discuss
the pros and cons of everyone downing tools together and why
holidays matter so very much.

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