Capitalism Has Achieved What Marxism Merely Promised

In 1830, the workweek in the industrializing West averaged about 70 hours or, Sundays' excluded, 11.6 hours of work per day. By 1890 that fell to 60 hours per week or 10 hours per day. Thirty years later, the working week in advanced societies stood at 50 hours, or 8.3 hours per week.