When less leads to more work

MANY of our people have great difficulty making ends meet. I am a retired civil engineer. I have lived through a number of recessions but nothing like the present one.

I remember a little of our emergency up to 1945 and a little of the rationing we had that time.

Our present situation is like an emergency. Apart from money, the major item the country is short of is employment. It occurs to me that if employment was rationed, everybody could have enough. About 85.7% of the workforce is employed and most workers work a 5-day week.