Ada Palmer on Nostr: In rural situations you’d be 100% right, but this is actual urban laborers who ...

In rural situations you’d be 100% right, but this is actual urban laborers who didn’t have gardens or animals, and ate out or got takeout for all their meals, running up tabs at restaurants. These guys genuinely did have a 3 day workweek, counter to what anyone expected before Richard Goldthwaite did the research! https://www.amazon.com/Economy-Renaissance-Florence-Richard-Goldthwaite/dp/1421400596