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What Happens When You Give People Unlimited Free Time?

Six real experiments in shorter work weeks, guaranteed income, and forced idleness, and what actually happened when researchers measured it

Free Time Outcomes Monitor, DT Linux
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Free Time Outcomes Monitor

An interactive companion to DT Linux's briefing on what happens when people get more free time, comparing six real trials and studies: the UK and Iceland's four day weeks, Stockton and Finland's guaranteed income pilots, and long running research on retirement and unemployment.

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Sources: 4 Day Week Global and the Autonomy Institute on the UK and Iceland pilots · University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice, SEED Stockton final report · Finland Ministry of Social Affairs and Health and Kela · Binghamton University research on retirement and cognitive decline, using China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study data · IZA World of Labor on unemployment and happiness. Full citations, 14 in total, are in the accompanying written report. This dashboard reflects published research and program evaluations available as of August 2026 and is a synthesis, not a guarantee of what any one person will experience.
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