THE IMMEDIATE PROBLEM
“It is not enough to work for increased material prosperity or decreased hours of labour. The immediate problem is that of the unemployed who have an enforced and unprovisioned leisure, spare time but but no spare cash. To enjoy spare time one wants spare cash. It is v ot enough to provide the unemployed ,vith the means of entertainment and recreation, because recreation, as ordinarily understood, does not yield the
satisfaction of steady work. Machinery has put a power into our hands which, if we use it right, will enable us all not only to enjoy what we need in the way of material wealth, but also to enjoy every minute of time that comes to us, and will enable us to want to live as long as our hours last. Some of the happiest people I know are the people who are never at a loss what to do next.”—Mr A. Barratt Brown, the Principal of ißuskin College.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVII, Issue 4459, 19 October 1933, Page 3
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162THE IMMEDIATE PROBLEM King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVII, Issue 4459, 19 October 1933, Page 3
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