The origins of the work and growth fetish -- Rethinking the work fetish and the growth consensus -- Work time regulation as a macroeconomic policy tool -- The ecological and social sustainability of work time regulation -- The employment effects of work time reduction -- A proposal for reform --...

This article highlights Simon Patten's contributions to the institutionalist method and view of abundance. It illustrates Patten's role in the cross-fertilization between early institutionalists and the German Historicists. Patten's views on the societal transition to abundance, the method of...