# In a live interview, Professor Paul Romer explains why he is skeptical of the idea of a 12-hour work week

1 Faculty News August 29, 2019 ![Bloomberg logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/bloomberg-logo-2018.jpg?itok=8QkuS4cr)>

Excerpt from [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2019-08-29/why-nobel-laureate-paul-romer-is-skeptical-of-12-hour-work-week-video)-- "People learn not just in school, but on the job. And there are a lot more people in jobs than in school, so... employment is a very important potential source of new skills and new capabilities... We should be aiming to make sure everybody's in some kind of a job and aim for jobs which are good at teaching people to take on new responsibilities."

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