Is hard work a vice? Many workers complain they have no joy in their work, yet the cult of hard graft lumbers on. Some think it is time for all of us to slack off a little bit.
The big idea: Only 15 hours of work per week
Slacking: Leisure has inspired art, such as James Dromgole Linton's 1885 painting Resting, for generations. Glossary
Book of Genesis - The first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament.
Mediaeval - Relating to the Middle Ages.
Reformation - A major movement in 16th Century Europe in which the Western Church split into Protestantism and the Roman Catholic Church.
Protestant - A Christian religious movement that began in Europe in the early 16th Century.
Calvinists - Believers of a major branch of Protestant Christianity, following the ideas of John Calvin. They believe in predestination — the idea that God has already chosen who will go to heaven.
Unions - A trade union is an association of workers which can fight for the rights of workers and defend them against unfair working conditions.
John Maynard Keynes - One of the most influential economists of the 20th Century, best known for his Keynesian economic theories on the causes of unemployment.