Levi Kavan

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Levi Kavan writes about economics, labor, and technology for readers who want real answers instead of slogans. His work draws on political economy, labor history, and the experiences of workers navigating systems designed to keep them too busy to ask uncomfortable questions.

Before writing full-time, Levi spent years in workplaces where he saw firsthand the gap between what economics textbooks promised and what actually showed up in people's paychecks. That experience convinced him the most important political ideas were being explained badly, or not at all.

He's the author of How To Be a Democratic Socialist, Democratic Socialism, Explained, and Managed by Machine. His writing has been called "rigorous but actually readable" by people who ex
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The Case for a Shorter Workweek Is Stronger Than You Think

The four-day workweek has graduated from a fringe policy proposal to a serious policy debate in a remarkably short time. Pilot programs in Iceland, the United Kingdom, Japan, and several other countries have generated broadly positive results: worker wellbeing improves, productivity is maintained or increases, and turnover falls. The empirical case has …

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