The why is that firms are controlled by a tiny portion of population who direct the firms for their own benefit, minimizing what everyone else gets: "profit maximization." So unless some other authority - government - steps in, firms have no particular interest in the work of a given individual or in giving a share of income to that individual, whose destitution is at the whim of the tiny minority. Much less labor is needed to produce what we need, even at middle-class standards, than the amount that is available for employment. Why? Because we need the work done by employees to produce the things we need to live? No. Physicists' muscle work done for yourself at home is a partial alternative, but specialized firms outcompeted subsistence production at home long ago and as a result employment has become the alternative to destitution for most people. It means employment that allows you to get a share of the income produced by firms. "Work" as used here does not mean accelerating a mass over a period of time, the way physicists mean it. This will likely be a long process, given that it took half a century of labor struggles, union action, and corporate experimentation to reduce daily working hours in the United States from 14 to eight and workweeks from seven days to five. At the macro level, the legally mandated eight-hour workday and 40-hour workweek are gradually giving way to a new equilibrium. These changes can be viewed on two levels. But amid the ongoing experiments with hybrid models, we find ourselves confronting a deeper question: How much work is enough?Īt least in developed countries, these post-pandemic shifts and experiments could trigger a labor-market revolution as profound as the changes in workplaces, schedules, and compensation that marked the transition from the agricultural age to the industrial era. Millions of individuals will never revert to their pre-pandemic work routines, compelling both employers and employees to establish new models that cater to their evolving needs. His cartoons have also been reprinted in many college and high school textbooks.įor 25-plus years, Varvel has been a Bible teacher, has led men's and marriage retreats and has co-written 2 Christian films, The Board (2009) and The War Within (2014).WASHINGTON, DC – The COVID-19 pandemic might be officially over, but much like a railway switchyard, it has already diverted countless lives onto wildly different paths. His cartoons have appeared on CNN, FoxNews, and in Newsweek, Time, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New York Post, Newsday, USA Today, Washington Times, National Review, and Sports Illustrated. Varvel's work is nationally syndicated in over 125 newspapers through Creators Syndicate. Kennedy Journalism Award, National Cartoonists Society Reuben Award, the Grambs Aronson Award and the Advancing American Democracy Award. The former editorial cartoonist for The Indianapolis Star, was inducted into the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame in 2015.ĭuring his 40-year career, Varvel won numerous awards including the National Headliners Award, Robert F. Gary Varvel is a nation award-winning, syndicated cartoonist for Creators Syndicate. So be sure to look for our new post each week and enjoy as we draw up a little fun and laughter just for you! You might even find a few senior living "myths" debunked along the way! We'll also be taking the opportunity to highlight employees who have been awarded for their outstanding service and commitment to residents and other team members here at the community. It is in that tradition that we've partnered with award-winning cartoonist Gary Varvel to create a series of comic strips to share the fun and engaging lifestyle here at Greenwood Village South. It was outlet for quick, bite-sized entertainment for both young and old. For many of us, the daily and Sunday comic strips were a favorite feature in the newspaper.
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