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Fortune
Christiaan Hetzner

Top German politician warns against adopting a 4-day workweek: “Never in history has a society increased its prosperity by working less”

German finance minister Christian Lindner (Credit: Florian Gaertner—Photothek via Getty Images)

The man in charge of Germany’s public purse does not believe in the four-day work week.

Finance minister Christian Lindner voiced his clear opposition to trade unions that want to lower the number of working hours without a corresponding reduction in wages.

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