Re: Lean and mean

["Max B. Sawicky" <maxsaw@xxxxxxxxx>]

> From:          knowware@xxxxxxxx (Tom Walker)

> relevant tax here an overtime tax. Define "overtime" as weekly hours worked
> in excess of a standard attained by dividing total labour force hours worked
> by total number of labour force participants (both employed and seeking
> employment). This could be an index the BLS could produce quarterly.

How do you define the social costs of overtime?
Not costs to the worker and employer, mind you,
but to third parties.

That would inform the design of the tax.

MBS



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