Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Welcome to the 47-Hour Work Week
Surveys show that most Americans work much more than 40 hours a week. We hit the streets and talk to workers of every stripe to see who’s working working when, and how it’s affecting their lives.
By Madeleine Brand • • 51m ListenWhatever happened to the 40-hour workweek? A Gallup poll finds that the average American works 47 hours a week. We hear from a sampling of average workers and Gallup’s editor-in-chief. Plus: Jay-Z’s Made in America music festival hits DTLA this weekend, but not without some controversy; also, intelligence officials believe at least 140 Americans have gone to fight for the group in Syria and Iraq so far, and that number seems to be growing. And JP Morgan and four other banks have been hit by hackers, which could have ties to Russia.
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