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IN the subscription by people of all political parties in Britain to the policies of full employment and a rising standard of living, far too little has been said of some of the practical implications of these aims. There is indeed general agreement that total spending must be maintained at a high level, investment in industry scaled up, research encouraged, the quality of management improved and monopolistic restrictive practices rooted out. But it is rare to find any reference to another, and no less indispensable condition, both on economic grounds and by its bearing on the morale of the whole community: namely, the organization and incentives of industry must be so contrived that individual men and women produce as much as they can, putting no limit, conscious or unconscious, on reasonable maximum output. After five years of intense effort and overstrain, it is natural that everyone should look for shorter hours and increased leisure, but it is imperative to realize that in a world so short of consumption goods, houses and utility services and amenities, the maximum output must be forthcoming during these shortened hours of work.
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Morale in Industry. Nature 156, 91–93 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/156091a0
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